casuistical

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Dr. Johnson, who, if any one, has the reputation of being a sturdy moralist, thus speaks: "We talked," says Boswell, "of the casuistical question—whether it was allowable at any time to depart from truth."

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

On the assumption that he was responsible for Glenelg's benevolent view of Canadian local rights, one might attribute something of Lord John Russell's over logical and casuistical declarations concerning responsible government to Buller's "Mr. Mother-country."

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)

Now I must stop without satisfactorily answering your question, without entering into any casuistical questions concerning conformity such as you suggest.

From Letters to His Friends by Robinson, Forbes

This mention of Allan Cunningham recalls to my recollection an affair which retains one part of its interest to this day, arising out of the very important casuistical question which it involves.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

In such a number of casuistical writers, it may be imagined, that some have erred.

From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)