Casuistry

(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

• Casuistry, and an ascetic morality, made up, in most cases, the greater part of the moral philosophy of the schools. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But unconscious casuistry deceives us all. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• To put new wine in old bottles is one of the aims of legal casuistry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But the deliberate casuistry of lawyers, quacks, or politicians is not so difficult to deal with. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Casuistry is nothing but the injection of your own meaning into an old name. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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