| He is a first-class rationalizer, a casuist of rare accomplishment, and a truly gifted procrastinator. |
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| Yes, I don't totally think of myself as a casuist because those are people who are working with given rules, if you like. |
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| Fenner excelled as a casuist examining cases of troubled conscience. |
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| The casuist would compare the building manager's case with the two paradigms. |
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| A casuist might approach the scenario by identifying its morally significant features. |
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| The casuist might next identify any generally accepted rules or values involved in the case. |
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| Besides making changes in the method of casuistry and the role of the casuist, we are also departing from the content of manualism. |
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| At that point the casuist might look for analogous paradigm cases. |
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| The judgment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. |
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| From it, the casuist would ask how closely the given case currently under consideration matches the paradigmatic case. |
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| The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life. |
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