casuistry
1. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading • Derivationally related forms: casuistic, casuist • Hypernyms: argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line 2. moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas • Derivationally related forms: casuistic • Hypernyms: ethics, moral philosophy • Hyponyms: probabilism
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