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The '''perfect-solution fallacy''' is the [[logical fallacy]] of assuming that just because a solution does not perfectly solve a problem, it is not worth trying at all.<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution Fallacy]</ref>  It is a particular form of a [[false dilemma]].

The '''perfect-solution fallacy''', also called '''letting the perfect be the enemy of the good''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of assuming that just because a solution does not perfectly solve a problem, it is not worth trying at all.<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PerfectSolutionFallacy Perfect Solution Fallacy]</ref>  It is a particular form of a [[false dilemma]].  The perfect-solution fallacy is similar but not identical to the [[Nirvana fallacy]].

==Examples==

==Examples==

Liberals often commit the perfect-solution fallacy, as in the following examples:

Liberals often commit the perfect-solution fallacy, as in the following examples:

*Because [[abstinence]]-only education does not completely eliminate teen pregnancy, abstinence should not even be mentioned in schools.

*Because [[abstinence]]-only education does not completely eliminate teen pregnancy, abstinence should not even be mentioned in schools. (See [[abstinence denial]])

*Because sodomy laws did not completely eliminate [[HIV]], there was no point in enforcing them.

*Because sodomy laws did not completely eliminate [[HIV]], there was no point in enforcing them.

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]

[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]