A Topic of Moral Theology
Monopolies
Legal and natural monopolies; when unlawful (excessive prices, unjust methods); rings and corners
The works themselves ask 18 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
cornering the market · monopoly · price fixing (ed.)
In the index as Monopoly · Monopolies · Workers (Operarii) · Conspiracy of sellers · Fisc, that is, the public treasury or tax authority · Trust · Brokerage · Buyer · Cartel · Clerics · Conspiracy · Contracts · Copyright · Just price · Justice · Price · Sale · Seller · Trusts · “Corners” in commodities · “Rings · “Rings” in commodities
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter VII. Monopolies, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VI, Point II. On Some Buyings and Sellings in Species, n. 903 — IV. Monopoly. 1. Notion. Monopoly is called the power of selling or determining the price acquired exclusively by one alone or by only a few. 2. Division. Monopoly is distinguished into public or legal and private. Publi… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1165, 1166, 1167 & 1168 (4 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 Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. III, § III. On Monopoly, nn. 912, 913 & 914 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. V, Section 5: The So-Called Onerous Contracts, nn. ¶54 & ¶55 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. ON CERTAIN SALES IN SPECIES, nn. ¶4, ¶1136, ¶1137, ¶1138 & ¶1139 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. I, Art. II, § V. On Monopolies, nn. ¶1008, ¶1009, ¶1010, ¶1011 & ¶1012 (5 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 One: On Purchase …, Article V: On Monopoly, nn. 534, 535 & 536 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. III, Chapter VI — On monopolies lawful and unlawful. On sale with an agreement of resale, nn. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question IX: To what extent buying and selling in monopolies is unlawful, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 12. A Proposed Monopoly, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 13. Methods of Monopolies, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6 & ¶7 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 14. A Proposed Corner in Wheat, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contracts — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · 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.)