Casuistry
English Meaning
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.
- Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.
- The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.