A Topic of Moral Theology

Landed Property and the Land Question

Whether private property in land is just, against land-nationalization schemes — Rickaby's Part III, ch. VII, §3.

In the index as Socialism · State · Altum dominium · Capital · Dominion · Labor · Land · Law of nations

In the manuals

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. III, Question One: On the Private Right of Possessing External Goods, nn. 396, 397, 398, 399, 400 & 401 (113 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law

Pt. III, Ch. VII, Section III. Of Landed Property, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Ownership and Property — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · The Casuist · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · 1917 Code of Canon Law — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)