Definizione monolingua

casuistry

casuistry (plural casuistries)

1. The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules or cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics.
   • 1968, Sidney Monas (translator), Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment 1866.

     And yet it would seem that the whole analysis he had made, his attempt to find a moral solution to the problem, was complete. His casuistry had been honed to a razor’s edge, and he could no longer think of any objections.

   • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2

     “And if you lose?” Diana enunciated, through a thin grin. She meant to extract casuistry’s penalty in advance.

2. (pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.

Definizione dizionario casuistry

casistica

Altri significati:

(pejorative) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.

The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules or cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics.