casuistic
Example Sentences
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It would be easy enough to brush off this peculiar fact with some casuistic postmodernist explanation, such as saying that disenfranchised groups find empowerment through humor.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2011
The committee, exclaimed Mexico's Raul Noriega, must not come to share Mr. Shaw's "casuistic attitude."
From Time Magazine Archive
The philosopher must be a conservative, and in the construction of his casuistic scale must put the things most in accordance with the customs of the community on top.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
On the other, practical mysticism, cherished into strength by a disgusting system of casuistic ethics.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
It could not be discussed without that admixture of legality and ethics which delights a casuistic intellect.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by John Morley
