The Politicization of Dilemmas
How does jujutsu become a political lesson in preventing dilemmas?
Robertus Robet
October 16, 2023
IN an argument, we can easily recognize a dilemma through its consequences. A dilemma forces a person to assert one of two positions, both of which are undesirable or burdensome.
In its simplest form, a dilemma usually consists of a disjunctive or branching proposition, for example: I go, or I do not go. One of the propositions is always conditional (for example, if I go, my mother will die, if I do not go, my father will die) and the concl
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