A Topic of Moral Theology
Duties of masters and employers
Just wages, care of soul and body, hours and conditions (Rerum novarum).
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
employer obligations · fair pay · just wage · treating employees (ed.)
In the index as Labor · Master · Workers · Employers’ liability · Location-conduction · Masters, employers · Servants · Wage of workmen · Works
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Fourth. On the Fourth…, Question Second. On Obliga…, Article Third. On the Obli…, Section 2. On the Obligations of Masters, n. 303 — 303. Masters are bound toward their servants: a. to treat them kindly; b. to direct them; c. to pay them a just price. 1. To treat them kindly, that is, to address them humanely, to provide sufficient food, not to burden… Read in context →
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. IV, Chapter V. Duties of Masters and Servants, n. 3 — The duties are not all on one side and the rights on the other in the relation of master and servant. Each has his rights and each his duties, and their good and the good of the community largely depends on both sides fa… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VII, Point III, Scholion. On Labor, nn. 922, 923 & 924 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, XI. On Masters and Workers, n. 159 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, V. Obligations of Inferiors and Superiors, nn. 693 & 694 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
77. On Lease and Hire, n. 5 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question Two: On Letting a…, Article III: On the Letting of Services, or On the Contract of Labor, n. 551 (20 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Duties of Masters and Servants — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)