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That no distance at all ismore sensible. od, even though he prefers the less safe and less probable, whenthe law itself, the norm of good, does not demand more from him. The lawfulness or unlawfulness of attending or patronizing schoolsdangerous to faith must be decided according to the principles givenabove on the occasions of sin (see 263 sqq. But a glass of liquor, whichwould be just enough for one who was well, might be far too much forhim when h

of understanding or changes of conditions, and in extraordinarycases, because from the circumstances the law seems inapplicable. (b) In external acts proceeding from charity, however, there is apossibility of excess, since these acts are a means to an end, and haveto be measured by charity and reason. Active and passive scandalare sometimes together, sometimes apart. (b) External obscenity is the tendency of words, acts or objectsthemselves to call up impure images in the mind, or to excite impuredesires or actions in those to whom they are presented.