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Merriam-Webster puts the two definitions in the other order, but clearly this is a contentious terrain: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/casuistry https://www

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  Definition (2) was the original one, and the one that is at the top: * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuistry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuistry Definition (1) is what the critics of the Jesuits applied to the technique during the 1600s, and what seems to have been carried forward in the general use of the word. This is/was a pretty good overview of the technique through ages: * https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520069602/the-abuse-of-casuistry https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520069602/the-abuse-of-casu... * https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/954645.The_Abuse_of_Casuistry https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/954645.The_Abuse_of_C... Old review: * https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/293127 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/293127