A Topic of Moral Theology
Risking or shortening one's life for a good reason
Actions that cause death indirectly; dangerous work and unhealthy climates
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
dangerous job · dangerous sports · extreme sports · recklessness (ed.)
In the index as Killing of self · Danger · Death · Desire · Flight · It is licit to undergo danger of life from a grave cause · Killing of oneself directly intended is a grave sin · Macerations · Suicide historically regarded · The infirm · The life of man is subject to the supreme dominion of God · Violence
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. V, Chapter I. Suicide, nn. 2 & 3 (2 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 II: On Injury, or the Violation of Right, nn. 302, 303, 304, 305, 306 & 307 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, Second Part: On Human Acts…, Section B: On the Morality…, Question III: On the Goodness and Malice of the External Effect, n. 177 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Killing of Oneself, nn. 352, 353 & 354 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Q. IX, Doubt I: Whether it is lawful to shorten our life by mortifications, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Q. IX, Doubt III: Whether, for the life of the neighbor, it is lawful to give oneself over to death, nn. 1, 2, 3 & 4 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Q. IX, Doubt IV: When we are bound to die for the salvation of souls, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Suicide and the Preservation of Life — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy and 3 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)