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Let me paraphrase what you said: "I dont see the problem. If there is a problem I dont know we should solve it. If there is a problem we shouldnt solve it beca
by petermcneeley 8y ago
Let me paraphrase what you said:
"I dont see the problem.
If there is a problem I dont know we should solve it.
If there is a problem we shouldnt solve it because its natural.
If it is a problem and we should deal with it we shouldnt use redistribution."
Isnt there a name for this type of reasoning?
- nextstep 8y agoRationalizing a system from which you perceive yourself to be benefiting from and thus wish not to alter the status quo?
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y agoIt sounds like the Narcissist’s Prayer. That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did… You deserved it.
- leetcrew 8y ago> Isnt there a name for this type of reasoning? counterfactual reasoning? if it weren't for the fact that you disagree, you might just call it being thorough.
- lkbm 8y agoKettle logic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_logic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettle_logic
- r00fus 8y agoWhy do legal arguments constantly seem to use this method all the time?
- closeparen 8y agoGuessing: a defense needs to establish reasonable doubt, not an airtight theory of the case.
- DmenshunlAnlsis 8y agoThis should explain why: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_in_the_alternative https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_in_the_alternative Originating in the legal profession, argument in the alternative is a strategy in which a lawyer advances several competing (and possibly mutually exclusive) arguments in order to pre-empt objections by his adversary, with the goal of showing that regardless of interpretation there is no reasonable conclusion other than the advocate's.