Associations to the word «Casuistry»

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

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery