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In rhetoric and ethics, " two wrongs don't make a right " and " two wrongs make a right " are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs make a right" has been considered as a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation. Its antithesis, "two wrongs don't make a right", is a proverb ...
The proverb " two wrongs don't make a right " highlights the illogic of claiming innocence because of someone else's bad behavior. Such excuses are a form of whataboutism and a discrediting tactic. Left unchallenged they can lead to a morass of alternative facts in which the basic principles of right and wrong are obscured – this is often the ...
Joseph Story articulated in his influential Commentaries on the Constitution [162] the orthodox view of the Second Amendment, which he viewed as the amendment's clear meaning: The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against ...
Murphy's law[a] is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." In some formulations, it is extended to "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time." Though similar statements and concepts have been made over the course of history, the law itself was coined by, and is ...
Tu quoque (/ tjuːˈkwoʊkwiː /; [1] Latin for 'you also') is a discussion technique that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behavior and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, so that the opponent appears hypocritical. This specious reasoning is a special type of ad hominem attack.
Wrongdoing. A wrong or wrength (from Old English wrang – 'crooked') [1] is an act that is illegal or immoral. [2] Legal wrongs are usually quite clearly defined in the law of a state or jurisdiction. They can be divided into civil wrongs and crimes (or criminal offenses) in common law countries, [2] while civil law countries tend to have some ...
Moral absolutism. Moral absolutism, commonly known as black-and-white morality, is an ethical view that most (potentially all) actions are intrinsically right or wrong, regardless of context or consequence.
Right and wrong may refer to: Ethics, or moral philosophy, a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Morality, the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper. "Right and Wrong" (song ...