casuistically

adv — 2 senses

casuistically

adv

Etymology From casuistic + -ally.

1

Manner Using casuistry or casuistics.

He approached the moral dilemma casuistically, not abstractly from first principles.

2

From the perspective of casuistics or casuistry.

Those ideals are casuistically the best whose realisations lead to least number of other ideals sacrificed.1967, Satyananda, World ethics:
Rule-utilitarian arguments — arguments that proceed from the consequences of our moral rules rather than of our individual acts — are casuistically very powerful.1978, Philip E. Devine, The ethics of homicide:

2 more examples

She would then be — casuistically, I suppose, and legally, without doubt — worse off than the seduced Isabella: for Isabella would have submitted to Angelo without consent of the will1987, Harold Bloom, William Shakespeare's measure for measure:
Critics may point out flaws in this story, which is casuistically vulnerable2006, Inazo Nitob, Bushido, the Soul of Japan, page 22:

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