Casuistry is similar to case law in its reliance on precedent to make moral decisions.
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What is casuistry case approach?casuistry, in ethics, a case-based method of reasoning. It is particularly employed in field-specific branches of professional ethics such as business ethics and bioethics. Casuistry typically uses general principles in reasoning analogically from clear-cut cases, called paradigms, to vexing cases.
What is moral casuistry?In ethics, casuistry (/ˈkæzjuɪstri/ KAZ-ew-iss-tree) is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending theoretical rules from a particular case, and reapplying those rules to new instances. This method occurs in applied ethics and jurisprudence.
What is one problem with reliance on casuistry as a system of moral judgment according to Beauchamp and Childress?What is one problem with reliance on casuistry as a system of moral judgment, according to Beauchamp and Childress? a. Paradigm cases can evolve in the wrong moral direction if they are initially improperly handled, leading to wrong moral judgments about analogous cases in the future.
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