Whether sins differ specifically in respect of different circumstances?

❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that vices and sins differ in respect of different circumstances. For, as Dionysius says (Div. Nom. iv), "evil results from each single defect." Now individual defects are corruptions of individual circumstances. Therefore from the corruption of each circumstance there results a corresponding species of sin.

❌ Objection 2 : Further, sins are human acts. But human acts sometimes take their species from circumstances, as stated above (Question [18], Article [10]). Therefore sins differ specifically according as different circumstances are corrupted.

❌ Objection 3 : Further, diverse species are assigned to gluttony, according to the words contained in the following verse:'Hastily, sumptuously, too much, greedily, daintily.' Now these pertain to various circumstances, for "hastily" means sooner than is right; "too much," more than is right, and so on with the others. Therefore the species of sin is diversified according to the various circumstances.