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casuistic

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ca·su·is·tic  (kzh-stk) also ca·su·is·ti·cal (-t-kl)
adj.
Of or relating to casuists or casuistry.

casu·isti·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.casuistic - of or relating to or practicing casuistry; "overly subtle casuistic reasoning"
2.casuistic - of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems


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as key sign of the casuistic process; class, gender, and the supernatural; constructions of conscience (in action and acted upon, as auxiliary, troubled and clear cases, oppositional pairs, and its bodily manifestations); and theoretical dimensions of casuistry such as genealogies, theatricality, and its contribution to literary theory and practice and to the comedia, philosophy, and twentieth-century theories.
Firstly, the South African approach avoids the casuistic nature of English law, where the right to identity cannot be definitively recognised because it does not fit into any of the existing torts, with the result that use of a person's image can only be dealt with by indirect means in limited cases.
When to discontinue a medical treatment thought futile or unnecessarily burdensome is a torturous decision, one that Catholic tradition has long approached in a casuistic and nuanced way.
 
 
 
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