Hobson's Choice - Differences

Differences

Hobson's choice is different from:

  • Dilemma: a choice between two or more options, none of which is attractive (including Sophie's choice, a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen)
  • False dilemma: only two choices are considered, when in fact there are others
  • Catch-22: a logical paradox arising from a situation in which an individual needs something that can only be acquired by not being in that very situation
  • Morton's fork, and a double bind: choices yield equivalent, often undesirable, results.
  • Blackmail and extortion: the choice between paying money (or some non-monetary good or deed) and suffering an unpleasant action

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