casuistic

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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 casuistic, practical, individualistic ethics of Confucius were radically changed to general principles of ideal conduct, with the addition of æsthetic elements, and a strong emphasis laid on group loyalty rather than on filial piety.

From Japan and the California Problem by Iyenaga, Toyokichi

I was sure of Alisanda's constancy, and yet did not know what pressure their casuistic minds might bring to bear against her will.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

But this world of ours is made on an entirely different pattern, and the casuistic question here is most tragically practical.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William