 |
Encyclopediacasuistrycasuistry (kăzh'yOOistrē) [key][Lat., casus=case], art of applying general moral law to particular cases. Although most often associated with theology (it has been utilized since the inception of Christianity), it is also used in law and psychology. The function of casuistry is to analyze motives so individual judgments can be made in accordance with an established moral code. The term is often used in a pejorative sense to indicate specious or equivocal reasoning. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on casuistry from Infoplease:
- Casuistry: The Art Killing Cats - Starring Christie Blatchford, Daniel Borins, Jubal Brown, Matthew Kaczorowski, Istvan Kantor
- Saint Alphonsus Liguori - Alphonsus Liguori, Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Saint , 1696–1787, Italian churchman, Doctor of ...
- penance - penance penance , sacrament of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Eastern churches. By it the penitent ...
- Cornelis Jansen: Jansenism - Jansenism Jansenism was strictly a Roman Catholic movement, and it had no repercussions in the ...
- Casuist - Casuist (3 syl.). One who resolves casus conscientiæ (cases of conscience). M. le Fevre calls ...
|
|
