casuistry
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1.
specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
2. the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.
2. the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules or cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics.
2. A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
2. A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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.
2. sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
2. sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in ethics, the solution of special problems of right and duty by the application of general ethical principles or theological dogmas; the answering of questions of conscience.
2. hence over-subtle and dishonest reasoning; sophistry.
3. in medicine, a recent, rare, and improper use for casuistics.
2. hence over-subtle and dishonest reasoning; sophistry.
3. in medicine, a recent, rare, and improper use for casuistics.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
2. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
2. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.