Question 19 — Of the Goodness of the Interior Act of the Will

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?