PHIL 1000 Chapter : Fallacies
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When an argument contains an error of the second type then it commits a fallacy. If you don"t like lsu, i"m going to beat you up. If you don"t believe in jesus, you will go to hell. appeal to emotion- occurs when an arguer attempts to support a conclusion by merely evoking some emotion in the reader or audience. Common versions of this fallacy include the appeal to pity and appeal to fear. The new ultra skinny diet will make you feel great. Enjoy the admiring stares of the opposite sex. You will know true happiness if you try our diet! Genetic fallacy- occurs when an arguer appeals to the origins of a belief or practice as a justification for accepting or rejecting it as true. Clearly, then, genetic engineering or eugenics is an immoral , evil, and authoritarian practice.