| | | Selected Answer: | Red herring | Correct Answer: | Red herring | | | | | * Question 4 5 out of 5 points | | | Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately‚ these projects have been tried in the past and have failed. In no time they turn into ghettos with astronomical rates of crime and delinquency. Chicago’s Cabrini-Green is a prime example. Clearly‚ these humanitarian
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In a series of articles written by Thomas Sowell the Fallacy of “Fairness”‚ Sowell’s primary point is equality of treatment does not lead to equality of results. An example he uses to illustrate is in a family with children of the same parents‚ under the same roof on average the first born will have a higher IQ than their siblings. He further explains the problems society has and the equality and balance within it. According to Thomas Sowell (2010)‚ it is certainly unfortunate to be born into families
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Eli Tooloee English 101 Olympic College Poulsbo Fall Quarter 2011 December 6th‚ 2011 3 Strikes Laws: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Washington State was the first in the nation to enact a “3 Strikes Law”‚ which provides for harsher sentencing for repeat offenders. While this sounds logical‚ the system used to determine these harsher sentences is deeply flawed and unconstitutional. 3 Strikes laws demand double the standard prison term for a second felony conviction‚ and mandatory sentences
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catch us off guard or do not progress‚ as he or she would like. Disagreements with associates‚ workplace issues‚ and his or her views with relation to religion are examples of emotions and bias. Appeal to Emotions is one of the most common logical fallacies‚ according to Seech (1993)‚ “logical vulnerability as the inability to be logical about the given issue because one is too emotionally invested.” Human feelings act as filters to outline wishes‚ provide abilities‚ and rule our instantaneous view
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The 8th fallacy is Sherman’s “Burden of proof” which initializes the idea that we do not have to tell people or show evidence that an event occurred. In several circumstances it is hard to tell someone something exist or happened when there is lack of evidence that supports that claim. Without proof people will not believe you completely since most individuals stand with science to back up your story. The first thing that came to mind would be psychic readings. There is a lot of skepticism whenever
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“Immigration and Fallacies – Do They Belong Together?” Critical/Analytical Paper Critical Thinking (HU 101) Introduction We didn’t talk about this topic in class‚ nor did I read an article which made me think of writing about this. But I heard the following conversation (simplified) about illegal immigration in the U.S. on campus: Anti: "I believe that illegal immigration is not good for our country." Pro: "Of course you would say that‚ you ’re a racist." Anti:
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some better than others. The bible is very clear about not contradicting God’s word in Luke Chapter 21 verse 15: “For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.” These three major biblical fallacies are the major reasons that Dante’s Inferno can really only be looked at as a fictional story. Firstly‚ throughout all of The Divine Comedy‚ Dante shows extreme bias against his enemies. Time and
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to fruits while watching television. So‚ in her writing she had list five reasons why she thinks that junk food is addictive. After reading this article‚ I found that this article is not well written based on several reasons such as fallacies. One of the fallacies that can be detected in this article is that this article is merely an opinion of the author. This is because the position of the author is unknown. She gave her opinion about junk food based on her experiences. For example‚ in the first
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December 26‚ 2012 A Comparative Essay: “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Lamp at Noon” “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a novel by Harper Lee‚ narrated by Jean Louise Finch whose nickname is Scout. She is a young girl from Alabama who lives in small city called Maycomb with her older brother Jem and father Atticus. She describes racism against blacks‚ specifically Tom Robinson. Meanwhile‚ the short fiction “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross narrates the story about farmer Paul and his wife Ellen. They
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Donald Trump is known for the use of fallacies on the internet. For this reason‚ the first fallacy I looked up was on Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Trump tweeted‚ “The Democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election‚ and so badly (306)‚ so they made up a story - RUSSIA. Fake news!” (@realdonaldtrump). It almost seems that Trump is the one spewing fake news‚ not the democrats. In fact‚ Trump has made over 100 false claims since he was sworn in‚ however this is not the point
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