The Persistence of Casuistry: the Revival of Case-Based Reasoning.
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Transcript of The Persistence of Casuistry: the Revival of Case-Based Reasoning.
The Persistence of
Casuistry:the Revival of
Case-Based Reasoning
II. casuistry despised
III. casuistry rehabilitated
IV. casuistry in the classroom
I. casuistry defined
I. casuistry defined
abortion
45% prolife
49% prochoice
Gallup poll July 2011
27% legal under any circumstance
22% illegal in any circumstance
50% legal only under certain circumstances
confession
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
II. casuistry despised
Protagoras - sophist
Plato
428 – 427
B.C.E.
"...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)
1556 – 1656“high casuistry”
Jesuits
1660
Casuistry – “the art of quibbling with God.”
Penny Encyclopedia 1836
Casuistry destroys by distinctions and exceptions all morality, and effaces the essential difference between right and wrong.
Oxford English Dictionary
no tolerance policies
III. casuistry rehabilitated
1988
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
ethics as deductive reason
Lying is morally wrong.
The bishop lied to the police.
The bishop’s action was morally wrong.
“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)
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
Cicero 106-43 B.C.E.
“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
IV. casuistry in the classroom
start with detailed cases
explore differences between cases
work out a taxonomy
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