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The Persistence of
Casuistry:the Revival of
Case-Based Reasoning
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II. casuistry despised
III. casuistry rehabilitated
IV. casuistry in the classroom
I. casuistry defined
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I. casuistry defined
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abortion
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45% prolife
49% prochoice
Gallup poll July 2011
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27% legal under any circumstance
22% illegal in any circumstance
50% legal only under certain circumstances
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confession
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throwing ice in café
fooling around
injury no harm
malicious intent
injury
no injury
1st time
3rd time
size of ice
< 3 oz. 1 pound
Casuistry: an example
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II. casuistry despised
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Protagoras - sophist
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Plato
428 – 427
B.C.E.
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"...it is a lesser sin if a man seduces a beautiful woman than an ugly one, for he is compelled by beauty, and, where there is greater compulsion, there is less sin."
Alain of Lille (12th century)
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1556 – 1656“high casuistry”
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Jesuits
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1660
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Casuistry – “the art of quibbling with God.”
Penny Encyclopedia 1836
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Casuistry destroys by distinctions and exceptions all morality, and effaces the essential difference between right and wrong.
Oxford English Dictionary
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no tolerance policies
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III. casuistry rehabilitated
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1988
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CONCLUSION
Witholding life support is the
best moral choice in this
case.
Baptist MinisterChristian scripture
Catholic PriestCanon Law
Lawyercase
precedent
Ethicistutilitarianprinciples Rabbi
Torah
Atheist Nursehuman
compassion
Agnostic M.D.professional
ethics
Accountantfinancialconcerns
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ethics as deductive reason
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Lying is morally wrong.
The bishop lied to the police.
The bishop’s action was morally wrong.
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“He condemned nothing hastily or without taking account of circumstances…he had none of the inaccessibility of a rigid moralist.”
Victor Hugo on Bishop Myriel in Les Miserables (13)
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It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject matter admits.
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 1094b24-26
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Cicero 106-43 B.C.E.
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“It is hard work to be excellent … To do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy…”
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 1109a
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IV. casuistry in the classroom
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start with detailed cases
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explore differences between cases
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work out a taxonomy
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throwing ice in café
fooling around
injury no harm
malicious intent
injury
no injury
1st time
3rd time
size of ice
< 3 oz. 1 pound