Bribery (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Thomas Slater · 1913
Read Bribery (Catholic Encyclopedia article) by Thomas Slater (1913) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/catholic-encyclopedia-1913-bribery.txt.
Description
Bribery, the payment or promise of money to bend a public trust to private gain, is judged here on moral grounds alone. Judges must serve justice without fear or favor, and those who appoint officers, award contracts, enforce laws, or elect lawmakers must seek the common good. Taking a bribe for such acts betrays the trust and shares guilt for the unfit or crooked men put in place.
Hard cases test the rule, since a voter may see little difference between candidates and feel no injustice in selling his vote. The entry still calls the act immoral and rightly banned by law. A bribe blinds judgment, blunts discrimination, and leaves the voter unable to weigh whether his man is worthy of the post he seeks to fill.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Thomas Slater |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |