Posted: Oct 31, 2018 8:04 pm
hackenslash wrote:The_Metatron wrote:Is the argument from consequence necessarily a fallacy?
Yes, it is.We make decisions all the time after considering the consequences of our actions. All the time.
Of course we do, but to argue that something is the case because of the consequences is always a fallacy, specifically a fallacy of relevance. The projected consequences of a statement being true has no bearing on the truth of the statement.
I don't agree.
While I wouldn't base a statement of fact on the consequences, we aren't discussing a matter of fact, but a matter of choice. A choice isn't true or false, it is chosen or it is not.