Question 5 — Goodness in General

We next consider goodness:

First, goodness in general. Second, the goodness of God.

Under the first head there are six points of inquiry:

(1) Whether goodness and being are the same really?

• (2) Granted that they differ only in account, which is prior in thought?
• (3) Granted that being is prior, whether every being is good?
• (4) To what cause should goodness be reduced?
• (5) Whether goodness consists in mode, species, and order?
• (6) Whether goodness is divided into the virtuous, the useful, and the pleasant?