Ad hominem tu quoque, literally, "at the person, you too," is a logical fallacy that could be called the "hypocracy" argument. It is occurs when a claim is dismissed as false either because it is inconsistent with something else the claimant has said or beause what the person says is inconsistent with her actions. |
Ad hominem tu quoque, literally, "at the person, you too," is a logical fallacy that could be called the "hypocrisy" argument. It occurs when a claim is dismissed either because it is inconsistent with other claims which the claimant is making or because what it is inconsistent with the claimant's actions. |
An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a single person professing to believe that religion do not comply with those precepts. |
An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a person who professes that religion, does not comply with those precepts. |
An example would be the dismissal of a set of religious precepts because the actions of a person who professes that religion, does not comply with those precepts.