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"never trustworthy to begin with" seems similar to the No True Scotsman[1] fallacy. I've been in religious circles where it's very important to defend the idea
by canadaduane 5y ago
"never trustworthy to begin with" seems similar to the No True Scotsman[1] fallacy.
I've been in religious circles where it's very important to defend the idea that once you believe, you're saved. But there's a darker side to that idea, because in order to maintain belief in the face of someone doubting and leaving the faith, everyone in the faith explains it away with "Oh, they never Really Believed in the first place."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
- throwawaylinux 5y agoI can't see any connection to that fallacy. The question was about remaining trustworthy when incentives don't align. Being trustworthy when incentives do align means nothing at all though, does it?
- canadaduane 5y agoPeople change. Environments can change people--not just incentives. "He was worthy of my trust, and now he's not" is a better framing when encountering new information than "he was never trustworthy to begin with" IMO.