casuistic

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It would be easy enough to brush off this peculiar fact with some casuistic postmodernist explanation, such as saying that disenfranchised groups find empowerment through humor.

From Scientific American • Feb. 26, 2011

The committee, exclaimed Mexico's Raul Noriega, must not come to share Mr. Shaw's "casuistic attitude."

From Time Magazine Archive

Her casuistic responses which were asked for in two moral situations, verbally presented, Test XXI, were rather vacillating, but evidently sound.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William

In a spirit of reverence they followed the recital of the Haggadah, as the patriarch intoned in a feeble but impressive voice, the queer, outlandish, Talmudic, and casuistic interpretations of the festival.

From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich

I was sure of Alisanda's constancy, and yet did not know what pressure their casuistic minds might bring to bear against her will.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames