“Whataboutism” and the Nature of Principles

“Whataboutism” (1, 2) is an accusation of inconsistency.In recent years it has become a form of the tu quoque (“you too”) fallacy: “what about your (America’s) human rights violations?” But it has another form that has been around probably since the beginning of intellectual argumentation.“You don’t believe women should be drafted into the military, but what about men?”“You don’t believe small

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