Two wrongs fallacy
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Overview
The two wrongs fallacy refers to any statement where a given action which is known to be wrong is justified by the presumption that another person did, or would have done, the same thing under corresponding circumstances. The fallaciousness of such arguments is generally recognized in the common saying "two wrongs don't make a right".
This fallacy has other common forms such as "he did it first".