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Saint Thomas Aquinas writes in the "Summa Theologica", "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them."
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Saint Thomas Aquinas writes in the "Summa Theologica", "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them." (Aquinas, 1) Aquinas was a Theologian in the 13th Century. He responds in this excerpt to the objections put forth by men of his time in regards to the sinfulness of usury and trade. Aquinas lays out clearly what is sinful and what makes it sinful. He sets true Christian morals as going beyond the law, doing what is right not because it is illegal not too, but because it is the moral thing to do. Saint Thomas Aquinas views honesty as working for the betterment of others, and never improving your own situation by the loss of another. Further, it does not seem to be in itself sinful to accept a price for doing what ones is not bound to do. But one who has...
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