A Topic of Moral Theology

Astuteness, Trickery, Fraud

Astuteness, Trickery, Fraud, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 1. The Virtue of Prudence).

In the index as Fraud · Astuteness · Craftiness · Prudence · Solicitude

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 1. The Virtue of Prud…, Astuteness, Trickery, Fraud, nn. 1677, 1678, 1679 & 1680 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Prudence It…, Question Three: On Sins Op…, Article II: On False Prudence, nn. ¶1, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXII: On the V…, Question VI: On cunning, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXII: On the V…, Question VII: On guile, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXII: On the V…, Question VIII: On fraud, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Prudence — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)