A Topic of Moral Theology
Moral Value of the Passions
Whether the passions are good or evil in themselves, and how they add to or take from an act.
The works themselves ask 2 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Passion, passions · Concupiscence · Passions · Passion · Fear · Anger · Daring · Flight · Hatred · Hope · Love · Morality · Act · Aristotle · Concupiscible, irascible appetite · Delectation · Delight · Desire · Despair · Desperation · Food and fiddling · Habits · Inheritance · Inhibition
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. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 5. The Passions, Moral Value of the Passions, nn. 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130 & 131 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary VI: On Concupiscence, n. 14 — 14. “It must be said that the passions of the soul can have themselves to the judgment of reason in two ways: in one way antecedently; and thus, since they cloud the judgment of reason, upon which the moral goodness of t… Read in context →
Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary IX: On the Morality of Human Acts, n. 34 — 34. But concerning the passions in particular it is asked: “Whether moral good and evil can be found in the passions of the soul? — It must be said that the passions of the soul can be considered in two ways: in one way,… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3, 3. On Passion or Concupiscence, nn. 72–90 (19 passages)
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, Q. IV, Article I: On the Passions, nn. ¶1, 90, 91, 92, 93 & 94 (18 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section B: On the Morality…, Question IV: On the Goodness and Malice of Passions, nn. ¶1, 178, 179 & 180 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)
Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On the Passions and the Vi…, On the Passions, nn. 1–28 (28 passages)
Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
Pt. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Of Passions in General, nn. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Passions in General — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)