A Topic of Moral Theology
Objects of Ownership
What things can be owned: the kinds of goods over which dominion is possible.
The works themselves ask 15 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Dominion · Goods · Reputation · Life · Servitude · Author · Right · Sale · Artificial sterilization · Black Persons · Collectivism · Consumable things · Copyright · Danger · Injury · Internal · Ownership · Seller · Slavery · Slaves · The finder of a lost thing · Thing · Various goods
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter II. Objects of Ownership, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 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 I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 43, 118, 119, 120, 121 & 122 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Chapter II. On The Object Of Right Or Dominion, nn. ¶10, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Three: On the Object of Right and Dominion, nn. 166, 167, 168, 169 & 170 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Object of Dominion, nn. 352, 353 & 353, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 7. Copyright, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11 & ¶12 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Fifth. On the Ownership of Authors, n. 379 — 379. By the name author is understood everyone who by his own talent invents something, of which sort is: a. one who has written a book; b. one who has composed a work of art, such as a musical rhythm or painting; c. one… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Chapter III: On the Object of Right, nn. 383, 384 & 385 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Appendix, On the Dominion of Authors, n. ¶1 — To n. 875 ff. ON THE DOMINION OF AUTHORS 1. "It is certain," says Fr. Gury, Comp. v. 1, n. 566, "that any man has by natural right a right in the fruit of his industry and of his talent. For if a thing bears fruit for it… Read in context →
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point I, II. On the Objects of Ownership, nn. 765 & 766 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the object of dominion, nn. ¶1, ¶591, ¶592, ¶593, ¶594, ¶598 & ¶599 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation II: On the Acq…, Question III: On the acquisition of dominion over irrational creatures, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 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 Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § I. On the Object of Dominion, nn. 537, 538, 539, 540 & 541 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point IV. On the Dominion of Authors, nn. 566, 567 & 568 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Ownership and Property — Marc, Institutiones Morales · Concina, Compendium · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Casuist · 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.)