TITLE:
False Dilemmas of Political Leadership: A Polemic
AUTHORS:
Duke Ofosu-Anim
KEYWORDS:
False Dilemma, Political Leadership, Political Philosophy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Leadership,
Vol.12 No.2,
June
5,
2023
ABSTRACT: The article seeks to show the presence of false
dilemmas (FDs) in political leadership discussions. In some areas of the
political leadership debate, arguments are
made from two opposing positions. When issues are presented from two
dissenting viewpoints, essential alternatives are removed from the discussion.
The paper utilizes narrative literature by relying on secondary data for the
analysis and argues that some dichotomies in political leadership discussion,
such as cause-effect, nature-nurture, and politics-administration could be
false. The paper concludes that there is a need for further debate to address
these FDs to advance the political leadership discussion.