Compare and contrast St. Thomas Aquinas’s view of the purpose of government with Fredrick Engels’s view of the purpose of government.

St. Thomas Aquinas believed that the government was a positive force that worked for the interest of all in the society by promoting justice, while Friedrich Engels believed that the government whose role was to remove social classes and segregation was being influenced by the rich in the society to exploit the poor.

Explanation:

St. Thomas Aquinas had a very positive view of government. He explained that government promoted the course of justice in the society by working for the common good of all. He also maintained that individuals and government should not steal. To achieve justice, government could tax its citizens.  

Friedrich Engels on the other hand believed that the rich in the society were coercing the government to work in their favor, thus exploiting the poor. That was why he was an avid supporter of Karl Marx seeking a communist society.

                the united states presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 5, 1912. the election was a rare four-way contest.

                incumbent president william howard taft was renominated by the republican party with the support of its conservative wing. after former president theodore roosevelt failed to receive the republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the progressive party (nicknamed the "bull moose party"). it nominated roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. democrat woodrow wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, to the support of william jennings bryan, the three-time democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912. eugene v. debs, running for a fourth time, was the nominee of the socialist party of america.

                wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the electoral college and winning 42% of the popular vote, while roosevelt won 27%, taft 23% and debs 6%. wilson became the only elected president from the democratic party between 1892 and 1932, and the second of only two democrats to be elected president between 1860 and 1932. this was the last election in which a candidate who was not a republican or democrat came second in either the popular vote or the electoral college, and the first election in which all 48 states of the contiguous united states participated.

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