CASUISTRY
\kˈaʒuːˌɪstɹi], \kˈaʒuːˌɪstɹi], \k_ˈa_ʒ_uː_ˌɪ_s_t_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of CASUISTRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
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moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
By Princeton University
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argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
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moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
By Oddity Software
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Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
By Noah Webster.
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The application of systematic methods of ethical examination, such as ETHICAL THEORY, casuistry, or narrative ethics, to moral problems. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The doctrine of cases of conscience.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The determination of duty in doubtful cases.
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Sophistical reasoning.
By James Champlin Fernald
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