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Princeton's WordNet

  1. casuistic, casuisticaladjective

    of or relating to or practicing casuistry

    "overly subtle casuistic reasoning"

  2. casuistic, casuisticaladjective

    of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems

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  1. casuisticaladjective

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Casuisticaladjective

    Relating to cases of conscience; containing the doctrine relating to cases.

    Etymology: from casuist.

    What arguments they have to beguile poor, simple, unstable souls with, I know not; but surely the practical, casuistical, that is, the principal, vital part of their religion savours very little of spirituality. South.

Wikipedia

  1. casuistical

    In ethics, casuistry ( KAZ-ew-iss-tree) is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending theoretical rules from a particular case, and reapplying those rules to new instances. This method occurs in applied ethics and jurisprudence. The term is also commonly used as a pejorative to criticize the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions (as in sophistry). It is the "[s]tudy of cases of conscience and a method of solving conflicts of obligations by applying general principles of ethics, religion, and moral theology to particular and concrete cases of human conduct. This frequently demands an extensive knowledge of natural law and equity, civil law, ecclesiastical precepts, and an exceptional skill in interpreting these various norms of conduct." It remains a common tool for applied ethics.

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  1. casuistical

    Casuistical refers to the practice of applying general moral or ethical principles to particular cases, often involving the resolution of moral problems through the examination of specific instances. It can also refer to reasoning that is seemingly correct or logical but is actually misleading or specious.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of casuistical in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of casuistical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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