A Topic of Moral Theology

The Contract of Work and Labour

Hiring of services and of work; wages; labour.

Within this topic

Also asked about as…

employment contract · hiring workers · labor · piece work · wages · working conditions (ed.)

In the index as Lease · Hiring · Lease-hire · Leasing · Workers · Salary · Wage (Stipendium) · Labor · Location-conduction · Just wage · Long lease of land (emphyteusis) · Hiring-letting · The contract of labor has undergone a certain evolution · Wages · Contracts · Various agreements with workers · Animals · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Colony · Works · Contract · Cooperation of artisans toward evil · Fief · Price, what it is

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Sixth. On Location, Section 2. On Hiring, nn. 609, 610, 611 & 612 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Sixth. On Location, Section 3. On Hiring of a Work, n. 613 — 613. Notions and principles. a. Here work is called whatever someone undertakes to complete, as to build a house, construct a road, make a garment. The making of the work for a determined price is the object of this cont… Read in context →

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VII, Point II. On the Letting of Work, or on the Contract of Rendering Work, nn. 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917 & 918 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VII, Point III. On the Letting of a Work, or on the Contract of Rendering a Work, nn. 920 & 921 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VII, Point III, Scholion. On Labor, nn. 922, 923 & 924 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XIV. On Hiring and Leasing, nn. 1203–1220 (18 passages)

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)

77. On Lease and Hire, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 (63 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. 782–812 (31 passages)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 5: The So-Called Onerous Contracts, nn. ¶15–¶34 (20 passages)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. VI, Article I: Generalities Concerning Contracts, nn. 481, 482, 483, 484, 485 & 486 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3. On Letting and Hiring, nn. 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311 & 312 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, ARTICLE IV: On Leasing and Hiring, nn. ¶1149, ¶1, ¶1150, ¶1151, ¶2, ¶1152, ¶1153, ¶3, ¶4 & ¶1154 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, CHAPTER III: ON LEASE (Lease), nn. ¶1017, ¶1018, ¶1019, ¶1020, ¶1021, ¶1022 & ¶1023 (7 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. III, Question Two: On Letting and Hiring, n. 540 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question Two: On Letting a…, Article II: On the Letting or Undertaking of Making a Work, nn. 545, 546, 547 & 548 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Chapter III. On Hiring and Leasing, nn. 547, 548, 549, 549, Q. 2, 549, Q. 3 & 549, Q. 4 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. II, Disputation X: On Emphyteu…, Question II: What letting is, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Slater, Cases I, The Fourth Commandment, Case 6. Not a Living Wage, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. III, Art. 2. Duties of Members …, Employment, n. 2650 — Is There Any Obligation of Giving Employment?—(a) The State certainly has an obligation in legal justice of offering opportunities of work to those who cannot find it, if the public welfare is compromised by widespread u… Read in context →

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Chapter V: Rights of Ownership in Material Property, nn. 189, ¶386, ¶387, 190, ¶389, ¶390, ¶391, 191, ¶393, 192 & ¶395 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application

Ch. III, Section II: The Iron Law of Wages, nn. ¶608–¶622 (15 passages)

Cathrein, Socialism, Appendix, Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII On the Condition of Labor (Rerum Novarum), nn. ¶977–¶1048 (72 passages)

Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)

Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, XI. On Masters and Workers, nn. 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165 & 166 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Contracts — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Concina, Compendium · Rickaby, 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.)