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What is a casuist?

What is a casuist? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (ethics) A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
  2. Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behavior.
  3. One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
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A casuist might approach the scenario by identifying its morally significant features.
He is a first-class rationalizer, a casuist of rare accomplishment, and a truly gifted procrastinator.
Fenner excelled as a casuist examining cases of troubled conscience.
Except when it's a case of selling patent medicines, I'm not a casuist.
The casuist would compare the building manager's case with the two paradigms.
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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