casuistries
ˈkazjʊɪstri
ˈkaʒjʊɪstri
noun
the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
the minister is engaging in nothing more or less than casuistry
sophistry,specious reasoning,speciousness,sophism,chicanery,quibbling,equivocation,fallaciousness,fudging