A Topic of Moral Theology

The kinds of voluntariety

Perfect and imperfect; simply voluntary and voluntary in a certain respect; voluntary in itself and in its cause; imputability.

Within this topic

In the index as Voluntary · Intention · Involuntary · Willed · A free act · Notion of the voluntary · Omission of an act · Voluntary and involuntary, the · Damaging · Exempting causes · Human liberty · Imputability of the human act · Interpretative · Pollution (Pollutio) · Presumed consents concerning the future · Voluntary actions · Will · Actions · Commanded voluntary · Consent · Consent of one silent · Deliberation · Direct voluntary · Disposition

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. I, Chapter II. Voluntary Acts, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On Human Acts, I. On the Nature of the Human Act, nn. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 & 46 (11 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)

2. On the Not-Voluntary and the Involuntary, nn. 1 & 2 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary IV: On the Other Divisions of the Voluntary, nn. 1–33 & 34–47 (49 passages)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter I: On Free Acts, nn. 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 & 76 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. I, Tr. II, Tit. II, Article I: Notions and Divisions of the Voluntary and the Involuntary, nn. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 & 47 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1. On The Quiddity And Division Of The Voluntary, nn. 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 & 56 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Question One: On the Volun…, Article I: On the Voluntary in Itself, nn. ¶1, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 & 58 (31 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Question One: On the Volun…, Article II: On the Voluntary Both Positive and Direct, and Negative and Indirect, nn. ¶1, 59, 60 & 61 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Voluntary in Species, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Voluntary and the Involuntary, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Voluntary and the I…, What is the voluntary, and of how many kinds?, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Voluntary and the I…, Whether an omission, and the effect that follows from it, are voluntary without a precept to place the act omitted?, nn. 1–15 (15 passages)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. II, Article I. On the Voluntary in General, nn. 4 & 5 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 2. Acts as Human, Two Kinds of Voluntary Acts, nn. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 & 62 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book Second. On Acts Apt F…, First Question. On Human A…, Second Article. On The Voluntary And The Involuntary, nn. ¶1, 42, 43 & 44 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 5: Voluntary Acts, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Human Acts, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Voluntary in General, n. 5 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Voluntariety and Free Choice — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)