PHIL 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Marshawn Lynch, Slippery Slope, Strip Club
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Phil 10 lecture 12 chapter 5. Straw man requires inaccurate characterization of opponent"s argument. Alternate description involves inappropriate but accurate description of the argument. My ex-wife got all bent out of shape last week because i took our 8-year-old son to a topless bar. She said i was being a bad influence. But the courts said she has to let me spend time with my son, and i was just trying to spend time with him. How can spending time with your loving father be a bad influence: description not inaccurate, just an inappropriate description. When arguer claims that their position must be preferred because the other position will lead to a chain of events that have undesirable consequences. Fallacy if the chain of events is not likely to occur: chain might be short. The continued manufacture of this material will lead to an increase in crimes such as rape and incest.
