A Topic of Moral Theology
The Obstacles of Consent
Error, fear, force and the other things that take away or lessen consent in a contract.
Also asked about as…
contract under pressure · error in a contract · fear and contracts · fraud in a contract · mistake in a contract (ed.)
In the index as Habits · Passion · Abnormal Mental States · Fear · Obstacles to Consent · Appetites · Coercion · Acts · Consent · Contract · Error · Passions · Propensities
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § IV, Point II. On the Obstacles of Consent, n. 835 — The obstacles of consent are enumerated: ignorance, error, fraud, and fear. Ignorance is the mere absence of knowledge concerning some thing. Error is a false judgment concerning some thing or person. Fraud is the delibe… Read in context →
Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)
Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 2. Acts as Human, Obstacles to Consent, nn. 40–55 (16 passages)
Treated under the broader heading Consent in contracts — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · 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.)