- The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of
conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or
determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by
rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of
society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the
application of general moral rules to particular cases. - Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching
in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
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