a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases. [ 1913 Webster ]
The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. suus belinging to himself or to one's self. ] One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist. [ R. ] Whitlock. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
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