A Topic of Moral Theology

Positive Cooperators

The nine ways of sharing in another's injustice — command, counsel, consent and the rest — and what each owes.

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accomplices · partners in crime · who is responsible for a theft (ed.)

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In the manuals

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § IV, Point I. On Positive Cooperators, n. 998 — I. In order that positive cooperators be held to restitution of the damage that followed, it is required: 1° that the cooperation was an efficacious cause, whether physical or moral, of the damage; 2° that it was an unju… Read in context →

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter III: On Restitution, n. 516 — I. Which Cooperators Are Bound to Restitution?. 516. Nine are commonly enumerated, comprehended in these verses: Command, counsel, consent, flatterer, refuge, Participant, silent, not opposing, not revealing. Of these the first six are called positive, because they co… Read in context →

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. 310 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Act of Commutative …, On the restitution to be made by those who cooperate in unjust damage, nn. 17, 18 & 19 (3 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 Third. On the Repa…, Question Fourth. On Restit…, Article Second. On the One Commanding, nn. 480, 481 & 482 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fourth. On Restit…, Article Third. On the One Counseling, nn. 483, 484, 485, 486, 487 & 488 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fourth. On Restit…, Article Fourth. On the One Consenting, nn. 489, 490 & 491 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Fourth. On Restit…, Article Fifth. On the Flatterer, the Receiver, and the Participant, nn. 492, 493 & 494 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XXVII. On Restitution from Unjust Cooperation, nn. 1411, 1412 & 1413 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. II, Art. III, § I. On One Commanding, nn. ¶759, ¶760 & ¶761 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. II, Art. III, § II. On One Counseling, nn. ¶1, ¶762, ¶763, ¶764, ¶765 & ¶766 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. II, Art. III, § III. On One Consenting, nn. ¶767, ¶768 & ¶769 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, THIRD PART: ON RESTITUTION, Ch. II, Art. III, § IV. On the Flatterer, n. ¶770 — 770. - A flatterer is called one who by praising, flattering, whispering, censuring, or exaggerating injury moves another to causing damage. Concerning the flatterer these things must be held: 1° He who has induced anoth… Read in context →

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § I. On the One Commanding, nn. 426, 427 & 428 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § II. On the One Counseling, nn. 429, 430 & 431 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § III. On the One Consenting, nn. 432, 433 & 434 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § IV. On the Flatterer, n. 435 — A flatterer is called one who by praising, flattering, or blaming moves another to damaging. Concerning the flatterer these things are to be held: 1st. He who induced another to inflicting damage by proposing praise, or … Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § V. On Refuge, n. 436 — A receiver, or one providing refuge, is he who knowingly and freely provides security to a robber or another damager. Concerning him these things must be established: 1st. One receiving is held for damages coming from hi… Read in context →

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. III, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. III, § VI. On the Participant, nn. ¶1, 437 & 438 (3 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…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § I. On the One Commanding, nn. 673, 674 & 675 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § II. On the One Counseling, nn. 676, 677, 678, 679 & 680 (24 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § III. On the One Consenting, nn. 681, 682 & 683 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § IV. On the Flatterer, n. 684 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § V. On Recourse, or on the Receiver, or the One Furnishing Recourse; You Will Hold These Things:, n. 685 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, Third Part. On Restitution, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. III, § VI. On the Participant, nn. ¶1, 686, 687, 688 & 689 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. II, Chapter II — On those who either hinder others from obtaining some good, or cooperate in the loss of others, nn. XIV, XVI & XVII (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1, 3. On The One Consenting, n. 104 — 104. Consent is sometimes taken for the approval of some deed. Thus, e.g., an irreligious man, hearing that iniquitous laws have been passed against the Church, exclaims: This has been done well. I plainly consent. Such … Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1, 4. On The Flatterer, n. 106 — 106. A flatterer or adulator is said to be he who, by praising, blaming, flattering, moves another to damaging. Thus, e.g., he is a flatterer who mocks the patience of the injured person; who exaggerates the injury infli… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1, 5. On The One Providing Recourse, n. 107 — 107. The one providing recourse, or receiving, is he who provides refuge to an evildoer or thief as such, either a) so that he may escape safely from those pursuing, or b) so that he may be able to deposit stolen goods. … Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. II, § 1, 6. On The Participant, n. 108 — 108. The participant is twofold: a) a participant in the prey, who receives part of a thing unjustly taken away; b) a participant in the action, who helps another damager in an unjust action, e.g., by providing tools to … Read in context →