English-Thai Dictionary

casuistry

N การ ใช้ เหตุผล เพื่อ ทำให้ เชื่อ อย่าง ผิดๆ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  kan-chai-hed-pon-phuea-tham-hai-chuea-yang-phid-phid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASUISTRY

n.The science or doctrine of cases of conscience; the science of resolving cases of doubtful propriety, or of 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 from equity and natural reason. Casus foederia. The case stipulated by treaty; that which comes within the terms of compact.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CASUISTRY

CASUISTRY Cas "u *ist *ry, a.

 

1. 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. The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. Stewart. Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule ). De Quincey.

 

2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

casuistry

cas u ist ry |ˈkaZHo͞oəstrē ˈkæʒuɪstri | ▶noun the use of clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; sophistry. • the resolving of moral problems by the application of theoretical rules to particular instances.

 

Oxford Dictionary

casuistry

casu |is ¦try |ˈkazjʊɪstri, -ʒj- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry. 2 the resolving of moral problems by the application of theoretical rules.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

casuistry

casuistry noun the casuistry about altruism always being ultimately selfish: sophistry, specious reasoning, speciousness, sophism, equivocation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

casuistry

casuistry noun the usual teenage casuistry about altruism always being ultimately selfish: sophistry, specious reasoning, speciousness, sophism, chicanery, quibbling, equivocation, fallaciousness; informal fudging.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

casuistry

cas u ist ry /kǽʒuəstri |-zjuɪs -/名詞 U 1 ｟かたく 通例けなして ｠詭弁 （きべん ）, こじつけ .2 〘哲 〙決疑論 .