John Duns Scotus: Selected Writings on Ethics

Content: Acknowledgments --
Topical guide to the translations --
Introduction. Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics IX, q.15: "Is the distinction Aristotle draws between rational and non-rational powers appropriate?" --
Ordinatio prologue, part 5, qq.1 and 2 (omitting nn. 270-313): "Is theology a practical or a speculative science?"
 "Is a science called practical per se because it is ordered to praxis as its end?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 1, part 1, q. 1: "Is the object of enjoyment per se the ultimate end?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 1, part 2, q. 1, nn. 65-73: "Is enjoyment an act elicited by the will or a passion received by the will?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 1, part 2, q. 2 (omitting nn. 100-33): "Does the will necessarily enjoy an end when it is apprehended by the intellect?" --
Ordinatio I, d.8, part 2, q. un., nn. 223-5, 269-74, 281-301: "Is God alone immutable?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 17, part 1, qq. 1-2, nn. 55-67, 92-100: "Is a moral habit, as a virtue, in some way an active principle with respect to moral goodness in an act?" --
Ordinatio I., d. 38, q. un.: "Is God's knowledge with respect to created things practical?" --
Reportatio IA, dd. 39-40, qq. 103, nn. 24-59: The nature and cause of contingency --
Ordinatio I., d. 44, q. un.: "Can God make things otherwise than as it is well-ordered for him to make them?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 47, q. un.: "Is divine permission an act of the divine will?" --
Ordinatio I, d. 48, q. un.: "Is a created will morally good whenever it is in conformity with the uncreated will?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 6, q. 1: "Was the evil angel able to desire equality with God?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 6, q. 2: "Was the angel's first sin formally pride?" Ordinatio II, d. 7, q. un., nn. 28-39: The levels of goodness --
Ordinatio II, dd. 34-7, q. 2: "Is sin per se a corruption of good?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 38, q. un.: "Is intention an act of the will alone?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 39, qq. 1-2: "Is synderesis in the will?"
 "Is conscience in the will?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 40, q. un.: "Is every act good in virtue of its end?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 41, q. un.: "Can any act of ours be indifferent?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 42, q. un.: "Are the capital sins distinct?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 43, q. un.: "Can a created will sin ex malitia?" --
Ordinatio II, d. 44, q. un.: "Is the power for sinning from God?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 17, q. un.: "Were there two wills in Christ?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 27, q. un.: "Is there a theological virtue that inclines one toward loving God above all else?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 28, q. un.: "Ought one to love one's neighbor by the same habit by which one loves God?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 29, q. un.: "Is each person required to love himself the most, after God?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 32, q. un. (omitting nn. 12-18): "Does God love all things equally through charity?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 33, 1. un.: "Are the moral virtues in the will as in a subject?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 34, q. un., nn. 1-5, 24-38, 45-83: "Are the virtues, gifts, beatitudes, and fruits the same habits?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 36, q. un.: "Are the moral virtues connected?" --
Ordinatio III, 37, q. un.: "Do all the precepts of the Dealogue belong to the natural law?" --
Ordinatio III, d. 38, q. un.: "Is every lie a sin?" --
Ordinatio IV, d. 15, q. 2, nn. 78-101: The origin of private property --
Ordinatio IV, d. 17, a. un., nn. 102, 17-33: Sacramental confession and the natural law --
Ordinatio IV, d. 21, q. 2: "Is a confessor bound in every case to conceal a sin disclosed to him in confession?" --
Ordinatio IV, d. 26, q. un., nn. 12-31: The moral goodness of the marriage contract --
Ordinatio IV, d. 29, q. un., nn. 2, 11-28: Coerced consent --
Ordinatio IV, d. 33, q. 1: "Was plural marriage ever licit?" --
Ordinatio IV, d. 33, q. 3: "Was it licit under the Mosaic Law to divorce one's wife?" --
Ordinatio IV, d. 46, qq. 103: "Is there justice in God?"
 "Is there mercy in God?"
 "Are justice and mercy distinct in God?" --
Quodlibetal Questions q. 18: "Does an exterior act add any goodness or badness to an interior act?"--
Bibliography --
Index.