A Topic of Moral Theology
Independent Ethics
Independent Ethics, as treated in Tanquerey (On the Ultimate End of Human Acts, or the Foundation of Morality).
In the index as Systems of independent ethics are set forth · Ethic of solidarity · Ethics · Independent, or lay, morality · Lay or independent morality
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On the Ultimate End of Human Acts, or the Foundation of Morality, nn. 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 & 63 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section A: On the Morality…, Q. II, Article IV: On False Systems Concerning the Foundations of Morality, n. 134 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Appendix. Excursus: On the Systems of Philosophers concerning the Foundation and Norm of Morality, nn. ¶1–¶99 (99 passages)
Treated under the broader heading The Morality of Human Acts — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Billuart, Summa Summae · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)