Gonzaga is a Jesuit school. I am a graduate of a Jesuit school. I presume Thomas Aquinas is still paid attention at Gonzaga. He is the Angelic Doctor on self-defense:
“if a man, in self-defense, uses more than necessary violence, it will be unlawful: whereas if he repel force with moderation his defense will be lawful, because according to the jurists (Cap. Significasti. De Homicid. volunt. vel casual.), ‘it is lawful to repel force by force, provided one does not exceed the limits of a blameless defense.’ Nor is it necessary for salvation that a man omit the act of moderate self-defense in order to avoid killing the other man, since one is bound to take more care of one’s life than of another’s.”
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