A Topic of Moral Theology

The Objects of Commutative Justice

The exchanges commutative justice governs, and the equality each of them requires.

In the index as Justice · Contract · Commutations · Loans · Agency · Annuities · Bailments · Barter · Buying and Selling · Commutative justice · Contractor’s Agreement · Deposit · Guaranty · Insurance · Lease · Management of another’s affairs · Marx, Karl · Mortgage · Partnership · Pawn · Pledge · Price · Stocks and Bonds · Surety

In the manuals

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 3. The Subjective Par…, The Objects of Commutative Justice, nn. 1748, 1749 & 1750 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Object of Justice and on Its Distinction from the Other Virtues, nn. ¶1, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 & 145 (32 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Commutative Justice, n. 277 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Back to Morality

Chapter X: Justice, nn. ¶173, ¶174, ¶176, ¶177, ¶178, ¶179, ¶180, ¶181, ¶182, ¶184, ¶185, ¶186 & ¶187 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Justice as a Virtue and Its Parts — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Koch–Preuss · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · Rickaby, Four-Square — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)