Posted in: enart.nnmj.com Date: March 11th, 2010
For instance, if you believe we should drive fuel efficient vehicles to lower our need for oil, and you buy a very efficient car while telling others they should do the same, would it be proper for those others to call you a hypocrite because, no matter the mileage you're getting, you're still using gas so your hybrid is no better than their v-8 truck?Are they saying it as a reason of defense or are they just pointing out the ironic faults of the originator?
Either way, it's pretty adolescent.Hybrids cars aren't all they are cracked up to be. But if I can recycle plastics, glass, aluminium from my house and compost fruit and veg leftovers and insulate my home and walk to the shops and go easy on fuel, I expect America and China to get off their *** and do something about the colossal destruction of the environment they have caused (and show no sign of letting up on)no but it could be true...Pointing towards someone else's bad behavior to excuse your bad behavior is never reasonable.no, it is not. Do as I say, not do as I do.
An example needs to be set, however.
(That's a defense, but it sucks and isn't proper. You're avoiding the question.)
"no matter the mileage you're getting, you're still using gas so your hybrid is no better than their v-8 truck?"
I don't think that's reasonable. You're using lesser petrol and travelling the same distance, so it isn't hypocritical.No. It is merely face saving.If I jump off a bridge onto a bed of nails because you did, surely it's alright.
It's a defense, albeit not a very good one. If an action is improper at all, then it ought not be done. Humanity, though, has a knack for messing up, primarily because we've evolved a sense and a culture of morals.
A better defense would involve a discussion of ramifications and backlashes an improper action would have.No, it's an example of an "Ad Hominem Tu Quoque" logical fallacy.Sometimes I think it can be a proper defence. Example one question recently said atheists do Christians judge you. I answered all people including atheist judge and cited a few examples. However to give a fuller answer I don't believe all judging is bad or wrong and again I believe we all do it. Example would anyone allow a convicted paedophile to babysit their kids? If not then we are judging. I am however not sentencing anyone to hell I am judging them to be untrustworthy to babysit my kids if I had any.No, should not mock or brag, but the Primus cost/is harder/requires more on/of the enviroment that a regular car even though it takes less gas.Would this fall under the two wrongs don't make a right clause?#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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