A Topic of Moral Theology
Negative co-operation (silence, not preventing)
When one bound by office or contract fails to prevent injury.
The works themselves ask 5 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as One Not Manifesting · A mute person · Confessor · Non-manifesting person · One Not Hindering · Parents · Restitution · Superior · Co-operation · Guards · Keepers of tolls, forests, fields, etc. · Money · Negligence · Public officials · Revealing another's crime · Servants · Silent person
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. III, Chapter IV. Co-operation in Injustice, n. 6 — On account of one’s office, or in virtue of a special contract, there is sometimes a special obligation to prevent injury being done to others, and if the obligation be not fulfilled, there is negative co-operation in th… Read in context →
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXVII. On Restitution from Unjust Cooperation, nn. 1415, 1416, 1417, 1418 & 1419 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 2. On Negative Cooperation, nn. 109 & 110 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section A: Concerning the …, Question Two: Concerning t…, Article IV: On Unjust Cooperation, n. 316 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Co-operation in Injustice — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · The Casuist — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)