casuistry 的定义
plural cas·u·ist·ries.
- specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.
- the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.
casuistry 近义词
overgeneral reasoning
更多casuistry例句
- The earth-is-old-but-man-is-young casuistry of John Piper is not good enough.
- The responses were telling in their casuistry, their amorality, their evasiveness.
- These questions will not be easily dodged; nor will the faithful be placated by casuistry or platitudes.
- This reasoning may seem to many persons mere casuistry, mere sophistical juggling with words.
- Hubert Lepel was wonderfully well versed, in subtle turns of argument—in casuistry of the abstruser kind.
- He fought for Udal against the same lying spirit of legal casuistry which was to destroy himself.
- This, however, may be rejected as mere casuistry, however well it may be intended by zealous friends of the past.
- It became fashionable to go to church, and to praise good sermons and read books of casuistry.