PHIL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: 18 Months, Mercury Poisoning, Moral Reasoning
25 May 2016
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Persuasive humor: the use of humor as a substitute for rational argumentation. The use of humor as a substitute for rational argumentation: attempting to persuade by humor alone, without any reasons/sound arguments. Mr. speaker, the minister is still refusing to act on the unanimous recommendations of his own officials as well as several independent experts regarding the leakage at the pcp dump in my constituency. As usual, the minister"s mouth is in high gear and his brain is in neutral. (255) As usual, the minister"s mouth is in high gear and his brain is in neutral humour. Everyone who has examined the situation agrees it constitutes a serious health hazard to the 20,000 people living nearby. But when asked by a reporter yesterday what he was going to do about it, the minister talked at great length about consulting all the interested parties.
