IIIVariations in the Precept According to the Situation of the Actor

When speaking of the purpose of classifying duties, we may have either a remote or an immediate end in mind. The former will be the promotion of the supreme practical good, the latter the derivation of the action suitable in a particular case from the idea of the supreme practical good and from the supreme law that it ought to be promoted. With the help of the classification, this derivation should be abbreviated and secured.