defendable vs defensible
Definitions
adjective
- capable of being defended
Examples
I've harped on about this before, but was interested in Bryan Caplan's critqiue of the Levy-Peart project: I'm going after analytical egalitarians because they're wasting their talent and energy defending the undefendable.
When he can't properly or correctly defend his views, as they are undefendable, he sits back with an air of cockiness.
Makes sense, most liberal policies are undefendable in a real debate.
Definitions
adjective
- capable of being defended
Examples
The move would draw flak, but would be defensible.
On the contrary; it's perfectly logical and defensible.
How do we make legitimate and defensible distinctions between medically necessary and superfluous therapy?
