A Topic of Moral Theology
Production and Specification
Acquiring ownership by producing, by the fruits of one's thing, and by specification.
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
fruits of property · making something from another's material (ed.)
In the index as Specification · Alluvion · Fructification · Fruits · Accession · Adjunction · Avulsion · Commixture · Effection · Finder · Industrial fruits · Ownership
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section II. Accession, n. 2 — When one thing is added to another, the general rule is that what is accessory becomes the property of the owner of what is principal. And so the owner of land has the property in gradual increments made to it by alluvio… 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, § III, Point II. On Production and Specification, nn. 799, 800, 801 & 802 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, II. On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership by Natural Law, n. 906 — What is specification, and is ownership acquired through it? Specification is the introduction of a new form into matter. To have specification, although a substantial change of the thing is not physically required, neve… Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article III: On Accession, nn. 220, 221, 222, 223 & 224 (33 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Ownership and Property — Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · 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.)