CASUISTRY

casuistry

(noun) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

casuistry

(noun) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

casuistry (countable and uncountable, plural casuistries)

The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.

(pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.

Synonyms

• (process of answering practical questions by cases): casuistics

• (pejorative): excuse, legalism, rationalization, sophistry

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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