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Can you give any examples from the trials?--Shtove12:21, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I guessmental reservation should be merged here, shouldn't it?Spirals31 (talk)21:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merged content from "Mental reservation". Will proceed to cleanup.Leushenko (talk)16:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"So help me God" means what to those who believe there is no help to be had from God? --Pawyilee (talk)04:25, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Mentalis restrictio in moral theology

The traditional teaching of moral theologians is that a lie is intrinsically evil, and therefore, never allowed. However, there are instances where one is also under an obligation to keep secrets faithfully, and sometimes the easiest way of fulfilling that duty is to say what is false, or to tell a lie. Writers of all creeds and of none, both ancient and modern, have frankly accepted this position. They admit the doctrine of the "lie of necessity", and maintain that when there is a conflict between justice and veracity it is justice that should prevail. The common Catholic teaching has formulated the theory of mental reservation as a means by which the claims of both justice and veracity can be satisfied.

To its source (https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10195b.htm)

According to the commonCatholic teaching it is never allowable to tell a lie, not even to savehumanlife. A lie is something intrinsicallyevil, and asevil may not be done that good may come of it, we are never allowed to tell a lie. However, we are also under anobligation to keep secrets faithfully, and sometimes the easiest way of fulfilling thatduty is to say what isfalse, or to tell a lie. Writers of all creeds and of none, both ancient and modern, have frankly accepted this position. They admit thedoctrine of the lie of necessity, and maintain that when there is a conflict betweenjustice andveracity it isjustice that should prevail. The commonCatholic teaching has formulated the theory ofmental reservation as a means by which the claims of bothjustice andveracity can be satisfied.

This is plagiarism and should be dealt with immediately. The rest of the article's information should be compared with its corresponding sources.

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Skzt (talk)22:34, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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