Not necessarily in the reason of the thing itself
All things that lack reason are, of necessity, moved to their particular ends by some rational will which extends to the universal good, namely by the Divine will.
Reply to Objection 3. The object of the will is the end and the good in universal. Consequently there can be no will in those things that lack reason and intellect, since they cannot apprehend the universal; but they have a natural appetite or a sensitive appetite, determinate to some particular good. Now it is clear that particular causes are moved by a universal cause: thus the governor of a city, who intends the common good, moves, by his command, all the particular departments of the city. Consequently all things that lack reason are, of necessity, moved to their particular ends by some rational will which extends to the universal good, namely by the Divine will.
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Man's last end »Man's last end
2. Whether only rational beings act for an end? »2. Whether only rational beings act for an end?
It would seem so »It would seem so
The end is object of will, which is in the reason »The end is object of will, which is in the reason
Not necessarily in the reason of the thing itself
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