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How to use casuist in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word casuist? Here are some examples.

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He is a first-class rationalizer, a casuist of rare accomplishment, and a truly gifted procrastinator.
Yes, I don't totally think of myself as a casuist because those are people who are working with given rules, if you like.
Fenner excelled as a casuist examining cases of troubled conscience.
The casuist would compare the building manager's case with the two paradigms.
A casuist might approach the scenario by identifying its morally significant features.
The casuist might next identify any generally accepted rules or values involved in the case.
Besides making changes in the method of casuistry and the role of the casuist, we are also departing from the content of manualism.
At that point the casuist might look for analogous paradigm cases.
The judgment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence.
From it, the casuist would ask how closely the given case currently under consideration matches the paradigmatic case.
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.
Examples from Classical Literature
The names of two jesuits, the former a famous preacher, and the other as famous a casuist.
Where he might have appeared a martyr, he chose to stand as a quibbling casuist.
Many others are put so as to suggest what the casuist never said, that is a special case is made a general rule of morals.
Henry, however, was a casuist concerned exclusively with his own case.
He was, then, as punctual as the Samaritan woman, and the most rigorous casuist with regard to duels could have nothing to say.
The best source, at least for Europeans, is still the casuist writings.
Except when it's a case of selling patent medicines, I'm not a casuist.
Dear Mrs. Vivian, you are a casuist, and this is a nice case.
In all that comes between, every man must be his own casuist.
But with all the ardour of a neophyte and the pride of an apt learner I was at that time a great nautical casuist.
No longer is the casuist one among other casuists who privately determine solutions and promulgate decisions.
Upon my word, Julia, you are quite a casuist on this subject.
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