;Posted on 01/27/2014 5:54:47 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday,1/27/14
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
casuistic; adj.
1. pertaining to casuists or casuistry. 2. oversubtle; intellectually dishonest; sophistical: casuistic distinctions. Also, cas·u·is·ti·cal.
Etymology: casuist 1609, "one who studies and resolves cases of conscience," from Fr. casuiste, from L. casus (see case (1)). Often in a sinister or contemptuous sense. Casuistry is first attested 1725. McCormick, urged a more historical approach to natural law, and with it a new appreciation of and fresh ways of approaching the principle of double effect, casuistic reasoning, and weighing various goods and ends in practical matters. The controversies of post-conciliar theology by Hinze, Bradford E. / National Catholic Reporter For many observers the whole unseemly farce that evening in Munich had been stage-managed, written and directed by casuistic promoter Frank Warren, who would match flailing frogs for a fight if some idiot would buy a ticket. If this was a soap the writer would be committed! by Birmingham Mail (England)
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Ti, i think what you do is amazing. i could not do it. The amount of heartache that you have to deal with in your job is astounding. A lot of it senseless.
Nice pick!
i read a fascinating article on Twitter yesterday, about a neuroscientist who discovered that his brain pattern was that of a psychopath. i am going to try to find it and link it. he wrote a book about life as a non-violent psychopath, and analyzed himself, basically.
Just explained some in my last post. I respond to scenes and do the CPR....I definitely have compassion. It breaks your heart to see a perfectly healthy, young man dead from illegal drugs. The family is devastated, the crew goes home saddened. It’s hard to shake these things, but there is sympathy, anger, frustration, despair....all the normal feelings of grief, even when you don’t know them. This one was a neighbor, just around the corner from me. Heartbreaking.
Illegal does not trump overdose though. It is possible overdose on any drug, legal or not.
Well said Dave.
Add to that, even parents cannot control things...that happen outside the home, children are stupid, and an OD is no different than a car accident, in that regard.
I read “The Sociopath Next Door”......fascinating reading. That would be a fascinating read, too.
They forget, there but for the grace of God go I. We are all vulnerable and should always have compassion, even when it is difficult. We have been called to do that.
Possible, yes. Provable, no. I stand with death by illegal drugs....it is the most accurate term.
One minor point.
The WFTD is not Casuistry....far be it from me to be pedantic..,
No different than the father of a homosexual man who contracts and dies of AIDS. Again, risky behavior which can lead to death.
Interesting, I’ll have to try to read the entire thing later.
Two things immediately. I guess there is a fine line between genius and madness.
And I wonder about the brainscans they show of the normal and psychopath brain. I wonder about if these types of scans would become more common and what the implications would be for young “psychopaths.” Like “Gattica” (the movie).
Dr.Hoffman, would probably agree...lol
He talks about what needs to be done for the young psychopaths.
:-)
well said
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