A Topic of Moral Theology
The price of goods
How the price is fixed; the just price; a reasonable price.
The works themselves ask 36 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
fair price · haggling · just price · overcharging · price gouging (ed.)
In the index as Price · Purchase-Sale (Emptio-venditio) · Sale · Buying-selling · Seller · Buyer · Damage (Damnum) · Credits · Exchange-value · Fraud · Joseph · Labor, as the source of value · Money · Sale under the spear (Venditio sub hasta) · Use-value · Value in exchange · Alphonsus Liguori · Aquinas and morals · Aristotle · Bonds · Böhm-Bawerk · Ceasing gain · Conspiracy · Conventional
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Fifth. On Purchase…, Section 3. On the Just Price, nn. 594, 595, 596, 597, 598 & 599 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Ch. V, Article I. Sale of Goods, n. 3 — By law the price may be fixed by contract, or may be left to be fixed in manner thereby agreed on, or it may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties. If no price is thus determined, the buyer must pay … Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On Just Price, nn. 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901 & 902 (47 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 II — Chapter II: On Contracts in Particular, nn. 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753 & 754 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. II, Art. II, § 1, 2. On the Price and the Obligation of the Buyer, nn. ¶51, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300 & 301 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, Art. I, § 1. ON SALE IN GENERAL, nn. ¶3, ¶1127, ¶1128, ¶1129 & ¶1130 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. I, Art. I, § IV. On the Just Price, nn. ¶1, ¶961, ¶962, ¶963, ¶964, ¶965, ¶966, ¶2, ¶967, ¶968, ¶3, ¶969, ¶970, ¶971, ¶972, ¶973 & ¶974 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question One: On Purchase …, Article I: On Purchase and Sale in General, nn. 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519 & 520 (82 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article II. On the Just Price, nn. 532, 533, 534, 534, Q. 2, 534, Q. 3, 534, Q. 4 & 535 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. III, Chapter VII — On the just price of things, and on its increase on account of deferred payment, nn. I–XXVI (26 passages)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question IV: Of how many kinds is the price of things, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question V: Whether, for certain causes, it is lawful to reduce below the minimum price, or raise above the maximum, nn. 1–17 (17 passages)
Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question VI: Whether on account of ceasing profit, or emerging loss, the price can be raised above the maximum, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. II, Disputation V: On Buying a…, Question VII: Whether it is lawful to sell above the highest price when payment is deferred, rather than for ready money, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 8. A Conscience-stricken Merchant, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 15. Gambling in "Futures", nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Socialism: Its Theoretical Basis and Practical Application
Ch. II, Sect. II, § I. Marx’s Theory of Value and Surplus-value, nn. ¶442–¶471 (30 passages)
Questions of Moral Theology
Slater, Questions, The Just Price, nn. ¶10, ¶11, ¶12, ¶13, ¶15, ¶16, ¶18, ¶20, ¶21, ¶23, ¶24, ¶25, ¶26, ¶27, ¶28, ¶30, ¶31, ¶33, ¶34, ¶36, ¶37, ¶39, ¶40, ¶41, ¶42 & ¶43 (26 passages — hover a number to read it)
On the Morals of To-Day
Ch. VIII, 1919, nn. ¶182, ¶183, ¶184, ¶185, ¶186, ¶187, ¶188 & ¶189 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Back to Morality
Chapter XI: Prices Moralized, nn. ¶208, ¶209, ¶210, ¶211, ¶213, ¶214 & ¶215 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Sale of Goods — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)