A Topic of Moral Theology
The Right to Honor and Reputation
A man's right to his honour and good name, and the duties that right lays on others.
In the index as Reputation · Honor · Christ · Paul, St. · Abusive speech · Ambition · Calumny · Charity · Commandments (laws) of God · Courtesy · Defence of life and goods · Detraction · Dignities · Duel · Example · Flattery · Francis de Sales, St. · Good name · Honor and reputation · Humility · Injury to others forbidden · Jean Paul · Judgment · Name of God
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Seventh. On the Eight…, Question Third. On Lesion …, Article First. On the Right to Honor and Reputation, nn. 642 & 643 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 36 & 37 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)
Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. IV, Section 1: Notion and Value of Honor, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. III, Pt. II, Ch. IV, Section 2: The Duty of Preserving Honor, nn. ¶1–¶23 (23 passages)
Vol. V, Pt. I, Ch. III, Section 1: The Duty of Respecting the Honor and Good Name of Others, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10 & ¶11 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, II. On Injuries By Words Outside Judgments, n. ¶35 — Preliminary note. Rightly and deservedly St. James called the tongue "a world of iniquity," because very many iniquities and injustices are caused by the tongue. But we shall treat, as was already said above, art. 4: 1. … Read in context →
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Section B: On Justice and …, Chapter IV: On Injuries of Words in the Goods of Reputation and Honor, n. 417 — 417. Notions. - Good reputation properly is the common estimation concerning someone's excellence; nevertheless the estimation of individuals concurs toward it as part of the common opinion by which reputation of another… Read in context →
Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues
Tr. I, Disputation XXXIV: On Detr…, Question X: Whether anyone can defame himself, nn. 1–24 (24 passages)
The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion
Pt. II, Vice and Virtue, Perfection, A. THE COMMANDMENTS, X. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF…, THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT OF …, 1. THE PROHIBITION AGAINST INJURING OUR NEIGHBOR IN HIS HONOR, nn. ¶1–¶21 (21 passages)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter IV: Our Rights and Duties Towards Our Fellow-men, nn. 165, ¶333, 166, ¶335, ¶336, 167, 168, ¶339, 169, ¶341, ¶342, ¶343 & ¶344 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Truthfulness and Reputation (Eighth Commandment) — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Rickaby, Moral Philosophy · The Roman Catechism — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)