A Topic of Moral Theology

Violence and imputability

Elicited acts of the will cannot be forced; absolute and partial violence on the other faculties; duress

Also asked about as…

compelled by force · physically forced to do something (ed.)

In the index as Violence · Imputability · Delict · Ignorance · Acts · Compulsion · Defloration · Fear · Virgin · *Actus eliciti—imperati* · Adam · Anger · Case · Coercion · Concomitant · Concupiscence · Deceit · Defense · Double Result · Drunkenness · Duress · Error · Force · Free-will

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. I, Ch. III, Section IV. Violence, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. I, Pt. I, Q. I, Art. 3. Acts as Moral, Imputability, nn. 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 & 105 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

Commentaries on Human Acts (Commentarii de Actibus Humanis)

Bucceroni, Commentaries on Human Acts, Commentary VIII: On Force or Violence, nn. 3, 6, 7 & 12 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Handbook of Moral Theology (Koch–Preuss)

Vol. I, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Morality, Its Subject, Norm, and Object, Ch. I, Section 7: Obstacles to Voluntary Action, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, Pt. I, Tr. II, Ch. II, Art. II, § 3, 1. On Violence, nn. 63, 64, 65 & 66 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. I, General Moral Theology, Treatise: On Human Acts in…, First Part: On Human Acts …, Section A: On the Conditio…, Ch. I, Question Two: On the Imped…, Article I: On Violence, nn. ¶1, 68, 69 & 70 (22 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. I, Ch. III, Article IV. On Force or Violence, nn. 19, 20, 21, 21, Q. 1, 21, Q. 2, 21, Q. 3, 21, Q. 4 & 21, Q. 5 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus II. On the Prima Sec…, On Human Acts, On the Voluntary and the I…, Whether violence causes the involuntary?, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Violence — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Tanquerey · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)