Write whether the following are good or bad. List three

reasons why. Premarital sex Drugs Hitting someone who hit you first Death penalty Abortion Cheating on a test Stealing Polluting the earth

INFORMAL FALLACIES

INCORRECT REASONING

EXCUSES

STEREOTYPES

FALLACIES OF PEOPLE

APPEAL TO FORCE, ABUSIVE “OR ELSE” ATTACKING THE PERSON APPEAL TO PITY – FEEL SORRY FOR APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE-BANDWAGON

APPEAL TO AUTHORITY - TESTIMONIAL APPEAL TO IGNORANCE – “CAN’T

PROVE”

FALLACIES OF REASONING

HASTY GENERALIZATION – GENERALIZES FROM TOO FEW CASES

ASSUMING THE CAUSE – “A” FOLLOWS “B” SO “A” CAUSED “B”

BEGGING THE QUESTION – CIRCULAR THINKING

FALSE DILEMMA – “EITHER” “OR”

FALLACIES OF LANGUAGE

COMPLEX QUESTION (?) – ASSUMES THE ANSWER

FAULTY ANALOGY – ANALOGY WORKS IN ALL SITUATIONS

FALLACIES OF AMBIGUITY

EQUIVOCATION – SLANTED LANGUAGE

AMPHIBOLY – GRAMMAR IS WRONG

HALF TRUTHS – PRESENT 1 SIDE COMPOSITION – ALL EQUALS ONE DIVISION – ONE EQUALS ALL