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What is the difference between special pleading and a double standard?Special Pleading: Adding an unjustified standard for a certain position. Double Standard: Adding an extra standard that does not align with the previous standard. The Examples I have seen on the internet are all the same, this fallacy is basically just a distinction but not a difference because they are interchangeable, I know many fallacies can fit into one argument but is there a case where one is a fallacy and the other isn't? |
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| asked on Friday, Jan 14, 2022 01:06:22 PM by Shawn | |||||||||||
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I think we can say that a Double Standard is not a fallacy itself, but more like an unfair convention that causes people to treat two things which should be treated the same, differently. Special Pleading would be the act of applying a Double Standard. So, let's take misogyny for example. Double Standard: "It is okay for men to sleep around, but not for women to do the same." Special Pleading: Micah: I can't stand it when women have multiple sexual partners. It's so slutty. Lynn: You've had multiple girlfriends, at once, in the past. Micah: Ah, but that's different. |
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| answered on Friday, Jan 14, 2022 05:10:55 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | ||||
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