In ethics, casuistry (/ˈkæzjuɪstri/ KAZ-ew-iss-tree) is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending abstract...

Puritan casuistry is a genre of British religious literature, in the general area of moral theology, and recognised as founded about 1600. The work A...

this time, he collaborated with Albert R. Jonsen to write The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning (1988), which demonstrates the procedures...

Cicero, in book III of his De Officiis. In the Christian tradition of casuistry, an approach to abstract ranking of principles introduced by Bartolomé...

known as casuistry. Casuistry does not begin with theory, rather it starts with the immediate facts of a real and concrete case. While casuistry makes use...

with the other eighteen. In these letters, Pascal humorously attacked casuistry, a rhetorical method often used by Jesuit theologians, and accused Jesuits...

for his involvement in this plot. Jesuits have been accused of using casuistry to obtain justifications for unjustifiable actions (cf. formulary controversy...

Intelligence supports such a "burgher" lifestyle.[further explanation needed] Casuistry – Reasoning by extrapolation Common sense – Sound practical judgement...

polemicists. Beginning in 1656–57, Pascal published his memorable attack on casuistry, a popular ethical method used by Catholic thinkers in the early modern...

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jargon – Buzzwords and specialized vocabulary used by businesspeople Casuistry – Reasoning by extrapolation Confidence trick – Attempt to defraud a person...

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manualism than Aquinas himself. The manualist tradition is related to casuistry – Reasoning by extrapolation. Manualism is associated with the theology...

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Vatican.Va: Benedict XVI, General Audience of March 11, 2012 "Faith is not casuistry (21 February 2014) | Francis". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-11-05. "Fear...

"Sufism". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-06-26. Opposed to the dry casuistry of the lawyer-divines, the mystics nevertheless scrupulously observed...

defended the UK's nuclear weapons and argued that it was "the merest casuistry to argue that if the weapon and the means of using it are purchased in...

business administration Institutions Harvard Business School Thesis Moral casuistry and the justification of biased judgment (2002) Doctoral advisor John...

it is justice that should prevail. The doctrine is a special branch of casuistry (case-based reasoning) developed in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance...

editor for the following works: The text of casuistry in the Renaissance - Volume 1 (1989), The text of casuistry in the Renaissance - Volume 2 (1989), Sodomscapes:...

solving new problems based on the solutions of similar past problems Casuistry – Reasoning by extrapolation Commonsense reasoning – Branch of artificial...

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example. Arguing one way one day, and another later, can be defended by casuistry, i.e. by saying the cases are different. In the legal context, for practical...

custom and precedent. The form of reasoning used in common law is known as casuistry or case-based reasoning. The common law, as applied in civil cases (as...

1994. Karl Popper For more information on this type of reasoning, see: Casuistry. Plutchik, Robert (1983), Foundations of Experimental Research, Harper's...

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concerns of doctrinal Puritans, and their lay appeal. Hall proposes Puritan casuistry as a "common denominator" of types of Puritan that is of value to historians...

matters of fact.) The Letters were also scathing in their critique of the casuistry of the Jesuits, echoing Arnauld's Théologie morale des Jésuites. However...

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