casuistry
n . 决疑论,决疑法,诡辩
决疑论,决疑法,诡辩
casuistry n 1 :
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading 2 :
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas Casuistry \
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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 .
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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 .
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Casuistry in the science of cases (
i .
e .,
oblique deflections from the general rule ). --
De Quincey .
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2 .
Sophistical ,
equivocal ,
or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties ,
obligations ,
and morals .
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119 Moby Thesaurus words for "
casuistry ":
Christian ethics ,
Stoicism ,
aesthetics ,
altruistic ethics ,
apologetics ,
apologia ,
apology ,
apparent soundness ,
aretaics ,
argument ,
argumentation ,
axiology ,
bicker ,
bickering ,
categorical imperative ,
circularity ,
comparative ethics ,
contention ,
controversy ,
cosmology ,
crossed fingers ,
deception ,
deceptiveness ,
defense ,
delusion ,
deontology ,
disingenuousness ,
disputation ,
dispute ,
distortion ,
egoistic ethics ,
empiricism ,
emptiness ,
epistemology ,
equivocalness ,
equivocation ,
ethical formalism ,
ethical philosophy ,
ethics ,
ethology ,
ethonomics ,
eudaemonics ,
evasive reasoning ,
evolutionism ,
fallaciousness ,
fallacy ,
first philosophy ,
flyting ,
gnosiology ,
golden rule ,
hassle ,
hedonism ,
hollow mockery ,
hollowness ,
hubbub ,
insincerity ,
intuitionism ,
jesuitism ,
jesuitry ,
litigation ,
logic ,
logomachy ,
mental philosophy ,
metaphysics ,
misapplication ,
mockery ,
moral philosophy ,
mystification ,
obfuscation ,
obscurantism ,
ontology ,
oversubtlety ,
paper war ,
passage of arms ,
perfectionism ,
perversion ,
phenomenology ,
philosophastry ,
philosophic doctrine ,
philosophic system ,
philosophic theory ,
philosophical inquiry ,
philosophical speculation ,
philosophism ,
philosophy ,
plausibility ,
plausibleness ,
polemic ,
polemics ,
rationalization ,
rhubarb ,
school of philosophy ,
school of thought ,
science of being ,
set -
to ,
situation ethics ,
sophism ,
sophistical reasoning ,
sophistication ,
sophistry ,
special pleading ,
speciosity ,
specious reasoning ,
speciousness ,
spuriousness ,
subtlety ,
theory of beauty ,
theory of knowledge ,
tongue in cheek ,
uncandidness ,
uncandor ,
unfrankness ,
utilitarianism ,
value theory ,
verbal engagement ,
vicious circle ,
vicious reasoning ,
war of words ,
wrangling
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