A Topic of Moral Theology
Insurance
Marine, fire and life insurance; contracts uberrimae fidei; disclosure
The works themselves ask 33 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
insurance fraud · life insurance (ed.)
In the index as Insurance · Game · Contract · Lottery · Assurance (Assecuratio), as a contract · Fraud · The contract of insurance · Wager · Aleatory · Conditions · Insurance company · Life · Loans · Restitution (Restitutio) · Society · Spreading of Rumors · Trading · "Bottomry." · Agency · Annuities · Bailments · Barter · Bourse · Buying and Selling
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question Fourth. On Aleato…, Article Fourth. On Insurance, nn. 627, 628 & 629 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter XII. Insurance, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § XII, Point I. On Insurance, nn. 941, 942, 943, 944, 945 & 946 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Objects of Commutative Justice, n. 1749 — Forms of Contract. Forms of Contract.—The chief forms of contract are the following: (a) gratuitous contracts, which are those that confer advantage on only one of the contractants, or those in which no payment or compensation for his acts… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XV. On the Contract of Partnership, n. 1241 — What is common ownership of goods? Common ownership of goods is indeed distinguished from the contract of partnership, yet it implicitly contains in itself some contract of partnership, whatever may have been the origin … Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XVI. On Wagering, Gaming, Insurance, nn. 1243–1263 (21 passages)
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Chapter VII. On Aleatory Contracts, n. 940 — 940. - They are of various kinds: insurance, wager, lottery, or raffle, and game. They are called aleatory because they are liable to the vicissitudes of lot.Read in context →
Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. VII, Article I. On Insurance, nn. ¶1 & 941 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part II — Chapter II: On Contracts in Particular, nn. 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920 & 921 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. VI, Article I: Generalities Concerning Contracts, nn. 493 & 494 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. III, § 1. On Insurance, n. 314 — 314. Notion. Insurance is a contract by which someone assumes the risk of another's thing or person for a determinate premium, or, in other words, "it is a contract by which one person, for a certain price, obliges himse… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Chapter IV: On Aleatory Contracts, nn. ¶3, ¶1161 & ¶1162 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. VII, ARTICLE I: ON INSURANCE (Insurance), nn. ¶1, ¶1038, ¶1039, ¶1040 & ¶1041 (5 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. V, Question One: On Insurance, nn. 594, 595, 596, 597, 598 & 599 (72 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter V. On Aleatory Contracts, nn. ¶1, 553, 554, 555, 556 & 557 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 20. A Fraudulent Insurance, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Partnership, Insurance, and Speculation — Koch–Preuss · Concina, Compendium · Cathrein, Socialism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)