n. 1. case ethics: a method of ethical analysis that examines how the particular circumstances of different cases influence the ways in which general ethical principles should be applied. 2. an excessively subtle misuse of case ethics used to confuse an issue or excuse a culprit.
adj. 1. describing organs or parts that have similar functions in different organisms although they do not have the same evolutionary origin or development. Compare homologous 2. (in ethics) describing a case, justification, or argument that is similar to the case in question and so may be used to help to reach a conclusion. See also analysis; casuistry.... analogous
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