A Topic of Moral Theology
Lawful Occupation
Taking what belongs to another where the owner's consent may be presumed or the law allows it.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Theft · Occupation · Booty · Charity · Military persons · Necessity · Restitution · Vacant goods · Various goods · War
In the manuals
Read the manuals side by side → — each work's whole treatment in its own column
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Lawful Occupation, nn. 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 & 1926 (7 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 I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 231, 232 & 233 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 4. On Booty To Be Taken In War, n. 47 — 47. Preliminary Note. Since this booty to be taken pertains to well-known owners, it is acquired by occupation not properly but broadly so called. For occupation properly so called is concerned with things belonging to n… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article I: On Occupation, n. 211 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Occupation — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)