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Monday, August 2, 2010

Casuistry

is read as \KAZH-oo-uh-tree\ which means specious (plausible but false), deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning esp. in questions of morality.

.......it's the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct.

Casuistry comes from the French casuiste and the Latin casus, "case", perhaps related to making a case or justifying behavior.

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