A Topic of Moral Theology
Morality of the Consequences of an Act
Morality of the Consequences of an Act, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 3. Acts as Moral).
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Effect · Act · Acts · Imputability of the human act · Voluntary
In the manuals
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Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 3. Acts as Moral, Morality of the Consequences of an Act, n. 96 — The Morality of the Consequences of an Act. The Morality of the Consequences of an Act.—Man’s life receives its moral character, not only from his internal and external acts which are done in the present and from those which he knows will result from them in the f… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section B: On the Morality…, Question III: On the Goodness and Malice of the External Effect, nn. ¶1, ¶2, 172, 174, 175 & 176 (25 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Sources of Morality — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)