Vocab rehab

Check out Vocab Rehab for some new and interesting ways to use some of those old words you learned long ago for the SATs/GREs/MCATs.

casuistry (n.)
the resolution of particular moral dilemmas, especially those arising from conflicting general moral rules, by the careful distinction of the cases to which these rules apply

In a sentence: When Joanne went to church, she refused to be tricked by what appeared to be a minister’s deft use of casuistry to “trick” his parishioners; Joanne soon went straight to hell.

In a different sentence: Sitting in the pew, Jacob began to wonder if everything he was hearing was the “Truth,” or simply the casuistries of a very clever rabbi; he quickly dismissed the thought, and was therefore bound for eternal joy.

Fact: Ivan Solotaroff’s book The Last Face You’ll Ever See provides readers a unique perspective on the casuistry employed by two former Mississippi executioners.