A Topic of Moral Theology

Damage to reputation

Restoring a good name after detraction or calumny.

Within this topic

See also Detraction and Calumny — in Truthfulness and Reputation (Eighth Commandment)

Also asked about as…

defamation · ruining someone's reputation (ed.)

In the index as Defamation · Personal injuries · Reputation · Detraction from the error of hearers · Restitution · Calumny · Contumely · Rash judgment · Criticism · Detraction · Reparation · Reputation, what it is, of how many kinds · Accused person detracting from a witness · Candidates for Public Office · Cooperation · Doubts concerning religion · Drunkenness · Error, in contracts · Exaggeration · Gossip · Half-Truths · Historical Personages · Honor · Hypnotism

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Ch. III, Section II. Particular Cases of Damnification, n. 3 — When one has injured another’s reputation by slander or detraction, he is under a grave obligation in serious matters to restore his neighbour’s good name as far as he is able, and to make reparation for all other damage… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. III, Art. V, Honor, Secrecy, and Truth, n. ¶1 — Cf. Part VIII, on the eighth precept, where the injury of reputation is treated, and, because of the connection of the matter, also the injury of the other goods enumerated is discussed.Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Lawyers, n. 2001 — Duty of a Lawyer When the Justice of a Cause Is Doubtful. Duty of a Lawyer When the Justice of a Cause Is Doubtful.—(a) In a civil cause, the lawyer may act, whether for the plaintiff or for the defendant. He may even take a case whose justice seems less probable, for the purpo… Read in context →

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Defamation, nn. 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2051, 2054, 2055, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2074 & 2075 (39 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Cooperation in Defamation, nn. 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2082, 2083 & 2084 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Restitution for Defamation, nn. 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098 & 2101 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Art. I, § 1. On Injuries Which Touch Immaterial Goods, nn. 591–604 (14 passages)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. IV, Question Four: On the Restitution of Reputation and Honor, nn. 443, 444, 445 & 446 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter II — The lax opinions of several Casuists, nn. XXIX & XXXI (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion I: What is to …, Doubt III: Whether, and how, restitution of fame, and honor, is to be made, nn. 1–41 (41 passages)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. III, Section 2: Sins Against the Honor and Good Name of Others, nn. ¶1–¶37 (37 passages)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. III, Section 3: The Duty of Restitution Arising From Calumny and Detraction, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Particular Cases of Damnification — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)