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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.