"The Case for Casuistry: Teaching Analogical Reasoning in Applied Ethics Courses"
One common method for answering practical ethical questions is to identify plausible moral principles and then to apply those principles to particular cases. The problem with this method is that the moral principles one identifies will inevitably be vulnerable to counterexamples. To solve this problem, the Jesuits developed casuistry, an alternative method for answering practical ethical question. Casuistry starts with similar cases rather than plausible moral principles, and it requires analogical reasoning rather than deductive reasoning. Although casuistry fell into disrepute in the 17th century, it has seen a resurgence of late, and rightly so. In this session, then, I defend casuistry and explain how I design my courses to promote the kind of analogical thinking that casuistry requires, a kind of thinking that not only helps us get at the truth, but that also stimulates students to think more creatively about complex moral problems.
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