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• Casuistry

  Casuistry Casuistry, from the Latin casus (cases), has been understood in three separate yet related senses. In its first sense casuistry is defined as a style of ethical reasoning associated closely with the tradition of practical philosophy influenced by Aristotle and Aquinas. In its second sense it is reasoning about 'cases of conscience' (casus conscientiae ). The third sense, moral laxism, arose out of Pascal 's famous critique of casuistry, which did much to diminish its influence....