casuistry

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.

   “Cages for Gnats, and Chains to Yoak a Flea; Dry'd Butterflies, and Tomes of Caſuiſtry”

2. isim Hairsplitting, argument with quibbling detail.
3. isim Sophistry, a specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.

   “I felt it was hopeless to argue against casuistry of this nature, which, if it were carried to its logical conclusion, would absolutely destroy all morality, as we understand it.”

4. isim Legalism, argument concerning the text of a written law against all other factors.