Associations to the word «Casuistry»
Noun
- Pascal
- Ethics
- Jesuit
- Reasoning
- Ethic
- Conscience
- Summa
- Rhetoric
- Catechism
- Blaise
- Lettre
- Maxim
- Theology
- Morality
- Methodology
- Abuse
- Theologian
- Puritan
- Paradigm
- Browning
- Analogy
- Prudence
- Cicero
- Autonomy
- Aristotle
- Consensus
- Doctrine
- Manual
- Philosophy
- Sin
- Clement
- Confession
- Obligation
- Abortion
- Principle
- Revival
- Augustine
- Canon
- Virtue
- Argument
- Case
- Protestant
- Christianity
- Passion
- Question
- Circumstance
- Scripture
- Oath
- Albert
- Medicine
- Method
- Probability
- Judgment
- Dictionary
- Topic
- Approach
- Punishment
- Inquiry
- Charity
- Con
- Reputation
- Journal
- Theory
- Juan
- Bibliography
- Controversy
- Dealing
- Analysis
- Tradition
- Pope
- Ing
- Conduct
- Criticism
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
CASUISTRY, noun. The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics.
CASUISTRY, noun. (pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
Dictionary definition
CASUISTRY, noun. Argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading.
CASUISTRY, noun. Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.