noun · countable / uncountable · rare

casuistry

ca·su·ist·ry

casuistry · casuistries

казуїстика

казуистика

Kasuistik

The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or…The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.

UK/ˈkæzjuːɪstɹi/US/ˈkæʒuːəstɹi/

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
Kasuistik
казуи́стикаkazuístika
казуї́стикаkazujístyka
An intricate argument, particularly
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)Hairsplitting, argument with quibbling detail.
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)Sophistry, a specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)Legalism, argument concerning the text of a written law against all other factors.

More definitions

moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading