Say I'm trying to demonstrate a principle, just that principle. The obvious approach is to pick out the principle, isolate and consider it. In this regard, all analogies or example are flawed because they don't do this. By placing the problem into real life (or near to) we add extra complications. Ideally, to avoid this, we would use a kind of flowerless, dry and precise mathematical notation to describe things but this would be hard to understand and off putting. The strength of an analogy or example is that it is more easily relatable for humans. The least convenient possible world refers to illustrations of an ethical nature. Its saying, there's no easy way out of this ethical dilemma, you need to make the choice that I wanted you to make.
I guess the least convenient possible world is a plea: when I use an analogy, don't be a smart-arse or you'll miss the point. You know what point I'm trying to make, don't invent a third option which circumnavigates the Dilemma.
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