I upvoted it because it makes a very important point: Sometimes, there are no good options, and thus you should be very wary of restricting choice. It’s possible for restricting choice to come out on top, but often we fabricate supposedly good options that aren’t realistically there.
In essence, this is essentially how I see the abortion debates. Often times, pro-life people imagine that the result of an unaborted baby is a living, happy baby, but this is mostly not the likely case.
I have a problem with the generalization… and the accusation that whoever disagrees is making a logical fallacy or signalling virtue… and with the two specific examples.
But yes, it is a true and important and often counter-intuitive idea that—sometimes—removing bad options from people makes their situation worse, because their other options are even worse.
I upvoted it because it makes a very important point: Sometimes, there are no good options, and thus you should be very wary of restricting choice. It’s possible for restricting choice to come out on top, but often we fabricate supposedly good options that aren’t realistically there.
In essence, this is essentially how I see the abortion debates. Often times, pro-life people imagine that the result of an unaborted baby is a living, happy baby, but this is mostly not the likely case.
Sometimes, yes.
I have a problem with the generalization… and the accusation that whoever disagrees is making a logical fallacy or signalling virtue… and with the two specific examples.
But yes, it is a true and important and often counter-intuitive idea that—sometimes—removing bad options from people makes their situation worse, because their other options are even worse.