Occult Compensation is, in the Catholic tradition, the extra-legal taking of goods from a person who has refused to meet the demands of justice, for a value equivalent to the loss or damage inflicted.
Background
editOccult compensation is a demand in commutative justice and deducible from the principle of self-defense. It is open to all manner of abuses, but the utter denial of it gives the weak no redress against the oppression of the strong.[1]
Catholics believe that occult compensation is justifiable only when
- The right of the creditor is certain
- No recourse to the law is possible or feasible
If the debtor or his heirs later make redress, restitution is necessary. Reasonable efforts must be made to prevent scandal.
References
edit- ^ Lea, Henry Charles (1894). "Occult Compensation". International Journal of Ethics. 4 (3): 285–308. doi:10.1086/intejethi.4.3.2375170. JSTOR 2375170. S2CID 222442411. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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