A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obligation Of Tending To The Ultimate End
The first duty of man — to tend to his last end — and how that obligation binds.
In the index as Delectation · End · End of a moral act · Faculties, higher and lower · Glory of God · Intention · Obligation · World
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, On the Principles of Moral…, Book First. On The Ultimat…, Third Question. On The Mor…, Second Article. On The Obligation Of Tending To The Ultimate End, nn. 37, 38 & 39 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. II, Fundamental Moral Theology…, On Human Acts — Chapter II: On the Morality of the Human Act, nn. 153, 154, 155, 156 & 157 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter I: The End to Which Human Acts are to be Directed, nn. 21, ¶40, 22, ¶42, ¶43, ¶44, ¶46, ¶47 & ¶48 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The Final End of Man — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)