Casuistry

[Noun]

Definition: The use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in regards to moral questions.

/ˈkazjʊɪstri / - KAZ-yu-ist-ry

Genoa University, in attendance at 100% from the second semester

(ANSA) – GENOA, NOV 26 – The University of Genoa is preparing to return in full attendance which will be 100% from the second semester. Confirmation comes, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the academic year, from the rector Federico Delfino. “The pandemic situation is currently seeing an increase in infections but also limited numbers at the level of hospitalizations – explains the rector…

Casuistry As A Decision Making Tool – Rhoads Life Coaching

I’m a little late to the game. I recently discovered Malcom Gladwell’s podcast, “Revisionist History“. In Season 4 he spends three episodes re-discovering the Jesuit decision making tool of casuistry.

As a methods of moral decision making, casuistry was misused in the 18th and 19th centuries by rationalizing and excusing any behavior. That is not my intent (nor was it Gladwell’s) in bringing…

n.Specious or excessively subtle reasoning intended to rationalize or mislead.

n.The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules.

Jean-Léon Gérôme, Une Collaboration entre Molière et Corneille (commons.wikimedia)

I believe the correct version of my last post is now the version my readers can see.  The draft and an earlier version posted themselves. I believe these are called “dialogs.” They affected the style, not the content of the post. However, I did not note that the monster-serpent was to marry Psyche. Cupid is also…