QUESTION 97
FOURTH ARTICLE
WHETHER THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE CAN DISPENSE FROM HUMAN LAWS?
We proceed thus to the "Fourth Article:
Objection i. It would seem that the rulers of the people cannot dispense from human laws. For the law is established for the common weal, as Isidore says (Etym. v. 21). But the common good should not be set aside for the private convenience of an individual: because, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. i. 2), the good of the nation is more godlike than the good of one man. Therefore it seems that a man. should not be dispensed from acting in compliance with the general law.
FOURTH ARTICLE
WHETHER THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE CAN DISPENSE FROM HUMAN LAWS?
We proceed thus to the "Fourth Article:
Objection i. It would seem that the rulers of the people cannot dispense from human laws. For the law is established for the common weal, as Isidore says (Etym. v. 21). But the common good should not be set aside for the private convenience of an individual: because, as the Philosopher says (Ethic. i. 2), the good of the nation is more godlike than the good of one man. Therefore it seems that a man. should not be dispensed from acting in compliance with the general law.