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Casuistry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Casuistry? [n] moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas [n] argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading Synonyms \| Synonyms for Casuistry: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Casuistry: aesthetics \| altruistic ethics \| apologetics \| apologia \| apology \| apparent soundness \| aretaics \| argument \| argumentation \| axiology \| bicker \| bickering \| categorical imperative \| Christian ethics \| circularity \| comparative ethics \| contention \| controversy \| cosmology \| crossed fingers \| deception \| deceptiveness \| defense \| delusion \| deontology \| disingenuousness \| disputation \| dispute \| distortion \| egoistic ethics \| empiricism \| emptiness \| epistemology \| equivocalness \| equivocation \| ethical formalism \| ethical philosophy \| ethics \| ethology \| ethonomics \| eudaemonics \| evasive reasoning \| evolutionism \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| first philosophy \| flyting \| gnosiology \| golden rule \| hassle \| hedonism \| hollow mockery \| hollowness \| hubbub \| insincerity \| intuitionism \| jesuitism \| jesuitry \| litigation \| logic \| logomachy \| mental philosophy \| metaphysics \| misapplication \| mockery \| moral philosophy \| mystification \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| ontology \| oversubtlety \| paper war \| passage of arms \| perfectionism \| perversion \| phenomenology \| philosophastry \| philosophic doctrine \| philosophic system \| philosophic theory \| philosophical inquiry \| philosophical speculation \| philosophism \| philosophy \| plausibility \| plausibleness \| polemic \| polemics \| rationalization \| rhubarb \| school of philosophy \| school of thought \| science of being \| set-to \| situation ethics \| sophism \| sophistical reasoning \| sophistication \| sophistry \| special pleading \| speciosity \| specious reasoning \| speciousness \| spuriousness \| Stoicism \| subtlety \| theory of beauty \| theory of knowledge \| tongue in cheek \| uncandidness \| uncandor \| unfrankness \| utilitarianism \| value theory \| verbal engagement \| vicious circle \| vicious reasoning \| war of words \| wrangling See Also \| argumentation \| ethics \| line \| line of reasoning \| logical argument \| moral philosophy \| probabilism Casuistry In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"uistry\, a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases. The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. --Stewart. Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). --De Quincey. 2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

Casuistry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Casuistry?

[n] moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
[n] argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

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Casuistry In Webster's Dictionary

\Cas"u*ist*ry\, a.
1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of
   conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in
   conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of
   what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the
   Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or
   from equity and natural reason; the application of general
   moral rules to particular cases.

         The consideration of these nice and puzzling
         question in the science of ethics has given rise, in
         modern times, to a particular department of it,
         distinguished by the title of casuistry. --Stewart.

         Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique
         deflections from the general rule).   --De Quincey.

2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in
   regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

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