1968, Sidney Monas (translator), Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment 1866.
And yet it would seem that the whole analysis he had made, his attempt to find a moral solution to the problem, was complete. His casuistry had been honed to a razor’s edge, and he could no longer think of any objections.
1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2
“And if you lose?” Diana enunciated, through a thin grin. She meant to extract casuistry’s penalty in advance.
puhekieltä A speciousargument designed to defend an action or feeling.