By Staff Reporters
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A Morton’s fork is a type of false dilemma in which contradictory observations lead to the same conclusion.
Morton’s Fork: Claims its origin from John Morton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, a public policymaker who used convoluted and contradictory logic to establish tax laws in the mid-15th century.
He contended that whoever lived humbly must be saving much money and hence would be able to pay higher taxes; and those that lived lavish lives were obviously rich, so they could also pay higher taxes.
In other words: a Hobsons Choice between two equally unpleasant alternatives.
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