Casuistry

['kæzjʊɪstrɪ;-ʒj-] or ['kæʒuɪstri]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas.

(noun.) argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading.

布雷特整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) 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.

(a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

錄入:玛格利特

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Sophistry, Jesuitry, fallacy, refinement, quibble, strawsplitting

ANT:Reason, conscience, commonsense

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