Associations to the word «Casuistry»
Noun
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
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.