A Topic of Moral Theology
Kinds of injustice
Against legal, distributive, commutative justice; robbery, theft, damnification.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Injustice · Theft (Furtum) · Injury (Injuria) · Necessity (Necessitas) · Occult Compensation (Compensatio occulta) · Justice · Children (Filii) · Distributive justice · Injustice opposed to legal justice · Servant (Famulus) · State · Act (Actus) · CHARITY · Co-operation · Oath · Obligation of laws · Obligation of tributes · Restitution · Right (object of justice) · Wife (Uxor) · Acceptance of persons · Acceptation or respect of persons · Advisor · Coals (Carbones)
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. II, Chapter I. Injuries in General, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Chapter IV. Co-operation in Injustice, n. 1 — One co-operates with another in injustice by counsel when, by giving advice or by urging motives, or by showing how it may be done, he causes that other to commit an act of injustice. Such a one is obviously the moral ca… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Chapter I. On Injustice in Common, nn. 976, 977 & 978 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 2. The Virtue of Just…, Injustice, nn. 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725 & 1726 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, Restitution, n. 1754 — Does Distributive Injustice Oblige to Restitution?—(a) If only distributive injustice is committed (e. g., if a parent gives his children all necessaries but shows special favor to those that are less deserving), there i… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, Restitution for Cooperation in Injustice, nn. 1778 & 1779 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Bodily Injury, n. 1866 — Bodily Injuries.-Injustice is done not only by destroying the life of a human being, but also by harming him in his rights to bodily integrity or well-being. The chief bodily injuries are the following: (a) mutilation, w… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Judicial Injustice, n. 1939 — Judicial Injustice. Judicial Injustice.—We pass now from injustices committed by deed to those committed by words, and shall consider first unjust words spoken in courts of law and next unjust words spoken in private or outside of legal pro… Read in context →
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Unjust Words, n. 2009 — Unjust Words. Unjust Words.—We shall now take up the injustice that is done through words spoken outside of a judicial process, or the classes of verbal injustice that are not peculiar to courts, but are committed on all sorts of occa… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XVIII. On Injustice, n. 1286 — What sort of sin is opposed to justice? Up to this point we have treated justice; now we treat injustice, which is the vice opposed to the virtue of justice. Violation of legal justice is contained in transgression of la… Read in context →
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XX. On Reparation of Injustice, n. 1319 — How is injustice repaired? Injustice or injury inflicted on another is repaired through restitution. Restitution is the rendering of another's thing, or the compensation of damage unjustly inflicted. This definition, as … Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Second Part. On the Violat…, Chapter I. On Injury in General, nn. 599, 600, 601, 602, 603 & 604 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Section III: On Injustice and the Connected Obligation of Restitution, n. ¶1 — Order of the Section. - As many as there are kinds of justice, so many are the opposed kinds of injustice. These must be treated in order. Therefore we shall assign two shorter titles to the injustice which is opposed to… Read in context →
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Title I: On Injustice Opposed to Legal Justice, nn. ¶1, 566, 567, 568, 569 & 570 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Title II: On Injustice Opposed to Distributive Justice, nn. ¶1, 571, 572 & 573 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Chapter I. On Injustice In General, nn. ¶23, 74, 75 & 76 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. V, CHAPTER I: On Justice and Injury, n. ¶1 — Here there is treatment of commutative justice alone, to which injury and injustice are properly opposed. As regards other things, see n. 398.Read in context →
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. V, Ch. I, ARTICLE I: On Commutative Justice, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶720, ¶3 & ¶721 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. V, Ch. I, ARTICLE II: On Injury and Injustice, nn. ¶722, ¶723, ¶724, ¶725, ¶726 & ¶727 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, CHAPTER I: ON INJURY IN GENERAL, nn. ¶688, ¶689, ¶690, ¶691 & ¶692 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, nn. ¶1 & ¶2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, ARTICLE I: ON THE NATURE OF THEFT, nn. ¶693, ¶694, ¶695, ¶696, ¶697, ¶698, ¶699, ¶700, ¶701, ¶702 & ¶703 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, ARTICLE II: ON THE CAUSES ON ACCOUNT OF WHICH THEFT CEASES TO BE SUCH, n. ¶1 — A twofold cause is assigned: 1° necessity; 2° hidden compensation.Read in context →
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, Art. II, § I. On Necessity, nn. ¶1, ¶704, ¶705, ¶706 & ¶707 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, SECOND PART: ON VIOLATION …, Ch. II, OR ON SINS AGAINST JUSTICE, Art. II, § II. On Hidden Compensation, nn. ¶1, ¶708, ¶709, ¶710, ¶711 & ¶712 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. III, Question One: Concerning Injustice Itself in Itself, nn. ¶1, 236, 237, 238, 239 & 240 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. III, Question Two: Concerning the Species of Injustice, nn. ¶1, 241, 242, 243 & 244 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
Pt. III, The Eighth Commandment, nn. ¶28, ¶29, ¶30, ¶31, ¶32, ¶33, ¶34 & ¶35 (8 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)
39. On Cooperation with Respect to Justice, n. 1 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
82. Restitution from Damage and Cooperation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Article III. On Unjust Cooperation, n. ¶1 — Cooperation toward the damage of the neighbor can happen in nine ways. What those are was said above, n. 194; but here note that the first six ways are positive and the last three negative. Something will be said briefly… Read in context →
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § V. On Refuge, n. 436 — A receiver, or one providing refuge, is he who knowingly and freely provides security to a robber or another damager. Concerning him these things must be established: 1st. One receiving is held for damages coming from hi… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Injuries in General — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)