Whataboutisms: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

IF 0.9 3区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

Informal Logic Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI:10.22329/il.v43i1.7304

Tracy Bowell

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Abstract

The rhetorical function of whataboutism is to redirect attention from the specific case at hand. Although commonly used as a rhetorical move, whataboutisms can appear in arguments. These tend to be weak arguments and are often instances of the tu quoque fallacy or other fallacies of relevance. In what follows, I show that arguments involving a whataboutist move can take a wide variety of forms, and in some cases, they can occur in good arguments. I end by considering how whataboutist arguing in social justice contexts can be harmful to arguers and to the audiences for their arguments.

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Whataboutism：好的、坏的和丑的

whataboutism的修辞功能是将注意力从手头的具体案例上转移开。尽管Whataboutism通常被用作修辞手段，但它也会出现在争论中。这些往往是薄弱的论点，通常是tu quoque谬论或其他相关谬论的例子。在接下来的内容中，我展示了涉及whataboutist举动的争论可以采取多种形式，在某些情况下，它们可以发生在好的争论中。最后，我考虑了在社会正义的背景下，whataboutist辩论对辩论者和听众的伤害。

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Informal Logic PHILOSOPHY-

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1.50

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12 weeks

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