A Topic of Moral Theology
Principal and agent
The contract of agency; duties of the agent; the principal's liability; how agency ends; secret commissions.
The works themselves ask 6 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Mandate · Agency · Expenses · Management of affairs · Agents · Management of another's affairs · Commission · Contract · Just price · Mandatary · Principal and agent · Restitution · Secret commissions
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VII, Pt. II, Chapter IX. Principal and Agent, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § X. On Mandate and the Management of Affairs, nn. 932, 933, 934, 935, 936 & 937 (6 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. IV, Question Three: On Mandate and Management of Affairs, nn. 588, 589, 590, 591 & 592 (19 passages — hover a number to read it)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 10. A Dishonest Broker, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 11. A Secret Commission, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7 & ¶8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Contracts — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · 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 · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Coppens, Moral Philosophy and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)