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The Necessity of Acting for the Sake of an End

The Necessity of Acting for the Sake of an End, as treated in Wouters (Scholion. On the Necessity of Acting for the Sake of an End).

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do we always act for a purpose (ed.)

In the index as End · Beatitude

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 5 passages

Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. I, Diss. II, Scholion. On the Necessity of Acting for the Sake of an End, nn. 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 34 passages

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On the Last End …, Question One: On the Ultimate End in Common, nn. ¶1, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 2 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 3. Acts as Moral, Perfect and Essential Goodness, nn. 87 & 88 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading The Final End of Man — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Concina, Compendium · Coppens, Moral Philosophy — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)