This seems an insightful and true statement. We seem to like "protecting" ought by making false claims about what is.

Certainly true-- I believe a lot of claims about the healthiness of vegetarianism fall into that category.

Another problem is taking something that's true in some cases, or even frequently, and claiming that it's universal. In the case of torture, it's one thing to claim that torture rarely produces good information, and another to claim that it never does.

Arguments as soldiers in regards to universities divesting from fossil fuels.