| ### QUESTION 19 ### OF THE GOODNESS AND MALICE OF THE INTERIOR ACT OF THE WILL ###  |

| #### Prologue |

| #### #### We must now consider the goodness of the interior act of the will; under which head there are ten points of inquiry: #### (1) Whether the goodness of the will depends on the subject? #### (2) Whether it depends on the object alone? #### (3) Whether it depends on reason? #### (4) Whether it depends on the eternal law? #### (5) Whether erring reason binds? #### (6) Whether the will is evil if it follows the erring reason against the law of God? #### (7) Whether the goodness of the will in regard to the means, depends on the intention of the end? #### (8) Whether the degree of goodness or malice in the will depends on the degree of good or evil in the intention? #### (9) Whether the goodness of the will depends on its conformity to the Divine Will? #### (10) Whether it is necessary for the human will, in order to be good, to be conformed to the Divine Will, as regards the thing willed? ####  |