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The Abuse of Casuistry

A History of Moral Reasoning

Albert R Jonsen author Stephen Toulmin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:1st Jul '92

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In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

ISBN: 9780520069602

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm

Weight: 544g

432 pages