Editorial Notes | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. xv |
The Virtue of Piety | |
Whether piety is directed towards certain people | p. 3 |
Whether it includes supporting parents | p. 7 |
Whether it is a special virtue | p. 9 |
Whether the service of God supersedes duties of piety | p. 13 |
The Virtue of Respect | |
Whether it is a specific virtue distinct from others | p. 21 |
In what does its service consist? | p. 25 |
Respect and piety compared | p. 27 |
Dulia, the Virtue of Respectful Service | |
Whether honour is something purely mental or also external | p. 33 |
Whether only those who are superior to us are to be honoured | p. 37 |
Whether dulia is a specific virtue distinct from latria | p. 39 |
Whether there are many forms of dulia | p. 43 |
Obedience | |
Whether one man is bound to obey another | p. 47 |
Whether obedience is a specific virtue | p. 51 |
Whether it is the greatest of all virtues | p. 57 |
Whether God is to be obeyed in all matters | p. 63 |
Whether subjects are bound to obey their superiors in all points | p. 67 |
Whether Christians have to obey civil authority | p. 71 |
Disobedience | |
Whether disobedience is a mortal sin | p. 75 |
Whether it is the worst sin of all | p. 77 |
Thanks or Gratitude | |
Whether gratitude is a specific virtue distinct from others | p. 83 |
Whether the duty to thank God is more pressing for one without sin than for a penitent | p. 85 |
Whether a person must thank everyone who does him a kindness | p. 89 |
Whether a person need return a kindness without delay | p. 93 |
Whether repayment of a favour should be matched to the sentiment or to the deed of the benefactor | p. 95 |
Whether anyone in repaying should give something more than he received | p. 99 |
Ingratitude | |
Whether ingratitude is always sinful | p. 103 |
Whether it is a special kind of sin | p. 105 |
Whether the sin of ingratitude is always mortal | p. 109 |
Whether favours should be denied to the ungrateful | p. 111 |
Vengeance | |
Whether vengeance is permissible | p. 115 |
Whether it is one specific virtue | p. 121 |
Whether it should be carried out by means of the conventional forms of punishment | p. 123 |
Whether it is to be taken upon those whose offence is involuntary | p. 125 |
Truth | |
Whether truth is a virtue | p. 133 |
Whether it is a special virtue | p. 135 |
Whether it is a part of justice | p. 139 |
Whether the virtue of truth leans more to understatement | p. 143 |
Lying | |
Whether to lie is always against truth | p. 147 |
Whether the division of the lie into those that are useful, humorous or malicious is broad enough | p. 151 |
Whether every lie is sinful | p. 155 |
Whether every lie is a mortal sin | p. 163 |
Deception and Hypocrisy | |
Whether in every case deception is sinful | p. 169 |
Whether hypocrisy is the same as deception | p. 173 |
Whether hypocrisy is against the virtue of truth | p. 175 |
Whether it is always a mortal sin | p. 179 |
Boasting | |
Whether boasting is against truthfulness | p. 185 |
Whether it is a mortal sin | p. 189 |
False Modesty | |
Whether mock modesty is sinful | p. 193 |
Whether it is less sinful than boasting | p. 195 |
Friendliness | |
Whether friendliness is a specific virtue | p. 199 |
Whether it is a part of justice | p. 203 |
Flattery | |
Whether flattery is a sin | p. 207 |
Whether it is a mortal sin | p. 209 |
Quarrelling | |
Whether quarrelling is against friendliness or affability | p. 215 |
Whether it is a sin more serious than flattery | p. 217 |
Liberality | |
Whether liberality is a virtue | p. 221 |
Whether it is concerned with mone | p. 225 |
Whether the act of liberality is the use of money | p. 227 |
Whether giving is above all characteristic of the generous man | p. 229 |
Whether liberality is a part of justice | p. 233 |
Whether it is the highest virtue of all | p. 235 |
Avarice | |
Whether avarice is sinful | p. 241 |
Whether it is a specific sin | p. 245 |
Whether it is against liberality | p. 247 |
Whether it is always a mortal sin | p. 249 |
Whether it is the worst sin | p. 253 |
Whether it is a spiritual sin | p. 257 |
Whether it is a capital vice | p. 259 |
Whether those usually listed are the daughters of avarice | p. 261 |
Prodigality | |
Whether prodigality is the opposite of avarice | p. 267 |
Whether it is sinful | p. 269 |
Whether it is a sin more serious than avarice | p. 273 |
Epieikeia or Equity | |
Whether epieikeia is a virtue | p. 277 |
Whether it is a part of justice | p. 279 |
The Gift of Piety | |
Whether Piety is one of the Gifts | p. 285 |
Whether the second Beatitude, Blessed are the meek, corresponds to the Gift of Piety | p. 287 |
Precepts About Justice | |
Whether the Ten Commandments are precepts of justice | p. 291 |
Whether the first of the Ten Commandments is well put | p. 293 |
And the second precept of the Decalogue | p. 297 |
And the third | p. 301 |
And the fourth | p. 309 |
And are the remaining six commandments | p. 313 |
Appendices | |
Legal Debt, Moral Debt | p. 316 |
Epieikeia | p. 321 |
Glossary | p. 324 |
Index | p. 331 |
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