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Unlike many conservatives, Thomas Aquinas did not strenuously uphold the intrinsic merit of property rights and the Biblical prohibition on theft. Of theft, he wrote that "It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: Because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6IocPeCoVFgC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=It+is+not+theft,+properly+speaking,+to+take+secretly+and+use+another%27s+property+in+a+case+of+extreme+need:+Because+that+which+he+takes+for+the+support+of+his+life+becomes+his+own+property+by+reason+of+that+need&source=bl&ots=E_BgCJN47l&sig=VbAU1bJaaGVd9-61oRcm4q_eMBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7g92OpfPWAhVL9IMKHWvSA0kQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20theft%2C%20properly%20speaking%2C%20to%20take%20secretly%20and%20use%20another's%20property%20in%20a%20case%20of%20extreme%20need%3A%20Because%20that%20which%20he%20takes%20for%20the%20support%20of%20his%20life%20becomes%20his%20own%20property%20by%20reason%20of%20that%20need&f=false</ref> In another statement foreshadowing later [[socialist]] arguments, Aquinas claimed that "In cases of need all things are common property, so that there would seem to be no sin in taking another's property, for need has made it common."<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3066.htm</ref>

Unlike many conservatives, Thomas Aquinas did not strenuously uphold the intrinsic merit of property rights and the Biblical prohibition on theft. Of theft, he wrote that "It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: Because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6IocPeCoVFgC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=It+is+not+theft,+properly+speaking,+to+take+secretly+and+use+another%27s+property+in+a+case+of+extreme+need:+Because+that+which+he+takes+for+the+support+of+his+life+becomes+his+own+property+by+reason+of+that+need&source=bl&ots=E_BgCJN47l&sig=VbAU1bJaaGVd9-61oRcm4q_eMBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7g92OpfPWAhVL9IMKHWvSA0kQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20theft%2C%20properly%20speaking%2C%20to%20take%20secretly%20and%20use%20another's%20property%20in%20a%20case%20of%20extreme%20need%3A%20Because%20that%20which%20he%20takes%20for%20the%20support%20of%20his%20life%20becomes%20his%20own%20property%20by%20reason%20of%20that%20need&f=false</ref> In another statement foreshadowing later [[socialist]] arguments, Aquinas claimed that "In cases of need all things are common property, so that there would seem to be no sin in taking another's property, for need has made it common."<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3066.htm</ref>

    

    

However,  Thomas Aquinas did on very Conservative views on other issues, he supported the use of captial punishement. He wrote, "Therefore if a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good" . . . . ST IIa-IIae, q. 64, a. 2.

However,  Thomas Aquinas did uphold Conservative views on other issues, he supported the use of captial punishement. He wrote, "Therefore if a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good" . . . . ST IIa-IIae, q. 64, a. 2.

    

    

"It is permissible to kill a criminal if this is necessary for the welfare of the whole community. However, this right belongs only to the one entrusted with the care of the whole community -- just as a doctor may cut off an infected limb, since he has been entrusted with the care of the health of the whole body." ST IIa-IIae, q. 64, a. 3. <ref>http://www.aquinasonline.com/Questions/cappunsh.html</ref>

"It is permissible to kill a criminal if this is necessary for the welfare of the whole community. However, this right belongs only to the one entrusted with the care of the whole community -- just as a doctor may cut off an infected limb, since he has been entrusted with the care of the health of the whole body." ST IIa-IIae, q. 64, a. 3. <ref>http://www.aquinasonline.com/Questions/cappunsh.html</ref>