The phrase "false reason" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a reason or justification that is not true or valid. Example: The politician gave a false reason for his decision to raise taxes.
However, reports on the foreclosure/relinquishment association relied on anecdotal evidence provided by animal shelters, which is known to be flawed since many people do not give a reason for relinquishment, or give a false reason.
For example, "Virtue is a good thing" is true, but if the reason, "Because it brings us wealth," be added, we shall have an instance of a true major premise and a false reason.
False reason is supposed to serve material self-interest alone.
Liberals, clinging to false reason, simply resist paying attention to real reason.
Here are the basic differences between real and false reason, and the ways in which all too many liberals, including Obama during the past year, are wed to false reason.
False reason thinks that emotion is the enemy of reason; that it is unscrupulous to call on emotion.
In a statement, the company said: " Lacoste's reputation is at stake for false reasons and wrongful allegations.
Mr. Naipaul insists on the simultaneity of these perspectives; he refuses to romanticize, to suppress the ugly views for false reasons of political sentimentality.
Of all the false reasons we were given for invading Iraq, perhaps the most deadly was "we are fighting terrorism in Iraq so we won't have to fight it at home".
The latter includes the attack on civil rights, the use of torture, the false reasons given for the invasion of Iraq and the mounting deaths of Americans and allies.
To obtain the absentee ballots, prosecutors charged, the school employees had voters sign ballot applications that the employees then filled out, giving false reasons why the voters could not vote in person.
