Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals
argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases
The process of answering moral or ethical questions via interpretation of rules of ethics or cases that illustrate such rules
moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
disapproval Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people. the use of clever but often false arguments to answer moral or legal questions
Rationalization, that is, a bogus argument designed to defend an action or feeling