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casuist /kazˈū-ist/ noun- A person who studies and resolves cases of conscience (philosophy)
- Often, someone who argues plausibly but falsely in such cases
ORIGIN: Fr casuiste, from L cāsus; see case2 casūistˈic or casūistˈical adjective casūistˈically adverb casˈūistry noun - The science or doctrine of cases concerned with moral conscience (philosophy)
- The reasoning which enables a person to decide in a particular case between apparently conflicting duties
- Plausible but flawed reasoning
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