A Topic of Moral Theology
The Motives of Sin
The Motives of Sin, as treated in McHugh–Callan (Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices).
In the index as Anger · Avarice · Capital Vices · Envy · Gluttony · Lust · Motives of Sin · Sin · Sloth · Vices
In the manuals
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. II, Art. 3. Bad Habits, or Vices, The Motives of Sin, nn. 268, 269, 270 & 271 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Sin — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Moral Enchiridion (4th ed., 1905) · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, On Forbidden Books · Koch–Preuss · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis and 5 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)