A Topic of Moral Theology
False Prudence
False Prudence, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 1. The Virtue of Prudence).
In the index as Fraud · Astuteness · Craftiness · Prudence · Solicitude
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 1. The Virtue of Prud…, False Prudence, n. 1674 — False Prudence. False Prudence.—So far we have considered the sins of imprudence; now we shall speak of the sins of false prudence, which turn to wrong objects the acts that prudence employs for good, or which use inordinately the care … Read in context →
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)
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 · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · 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.)