Abstract
Analysis of Gury's sources for his two principles governing the indirect voluntary both illuminates its historical development and raises questions about its meaning. The historical review reveals not only that Gury relied far more on later theologians than on Thomas Aquinas in formulating his principles, but also that two critical changes in the understanding of the indirect voluntary have created a deceptive appearance of historical continuity regarding double-effect reasoning.
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