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> Therefore, we as a society have two choices. 1) Let people be poor. 2) Pay for them to live like human beings This is what's known as a false dichotomy. A s
by lionhearted 16y ago
> Therefore, we as a society have two choices. 1) Let people be poor. 2) Pay for them to live like human beings
This is what's known as a false dichotomy.
A similar false dichotomy would read, "Therefore, we as a society have two choices. 1) Let criminals rule the world and have no laws. 2) Execute everyone who commits any crime."
There's other ways.
- roel_v 16y agoThe premise of the choices, which you conveniently left out, was that a significant percentage of people would be unable to provide a sizable income for themselves, because they lack the intellectual capacities. From that the binary answer is quite reasonable; the inbetween would be that people would be able to make themselves non-poor, and we started out by saying that that would not be feasible. Unless you have another middle of the road, which I would be interested to hear about. When claiming a false dichotomy the customary thing to do is to provide a(n) example(s) of other options, however short.