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These things aren't binary: there's nothing fallacious about thinking we should have enough accountability to eliminate organized crime syndicates while also no
by jmduke 13y ago
These things aren't binary: there's nothing fallacious about thinking we should have enough accountability to eliminate organized crime syndicates while also not having so much that it jeopardizes the livelihood of innocent citizens.
- mindslight 13y agoActually you've just made two fallacies - The first is the use of conflicting judgmental criteria that constrain the question to favorable cases. If the idea of innocence is tied solely to the government's rules, then innocent citizens are not jeopardized, by definition. If there is an external concept of innocence, then it's possible for organized rule breakers to be innocent yet unjustly "eliminated". The second is assuming that rules (and therefore (in)justice) apply stronger to larger organizations. In fact, the opposite is true - as an entity scales, skirting compliance requires a smaller fraction of its resources.