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It could be worse fallacyWhat if you are the supervisor at a publishing company and complain to one of your writer employees that his writing is poor quality. The writer responds saying that the boss should be happy that it was that quality because it could have been worse. The writing he turned in is “good” because it is better that an even worse version which he could have turned in.
I have seen this in relationships too. Say your partner has an annoying habit. You ask them to please stop. He or she says, “You should be thankful that I dont do this more than I do already.” They are presenting their present annoying behavior as good because this is better than hypothetical more annoying behavior which they could do. |
| asked on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 01:44:14 PM by noblenutria@gmail.com | |
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Sounds a lot like the Nirvana Fallacy |
| answered on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 03:56:11 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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| answered on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 11:28:01 PM by Bryan |
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