Victoria Cantu Professor Moore English 1301-033 16 July 2012 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In her essay “Here ’s why I ’m against legalizing marijuana‚” Loolwa Khazzoom addresses the debate about legalizing marijuana in the United States. Around 2003‚ Khazzoom visited Amsterdam‚ where marijuana was legal. In an attempt to avoid marijuana‚ she searched for an internet café free from smoke‚ and failed. She resorted to the downstairs area of a café where the designated smoking section was upstairs
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Firstly‚ the author has a hasty generalization logical fallacy‚ which can be found in the following: “white immigrants are always seen as ‘intrepid’ people with ‘vigorous’ blood which adds to the receiving nation; similarly ambitious immigrants with darker skin or other ‘alien’ characteristics
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CRITICAL THINKING PSU LOGICAL FALLACIES Ad hominem or ATTACKING THE PERSON. Attacking the arguer rather than his/her argument. Example: John’s objections to capital punishment carry no weight since he is a convicted felon. Note: Saying something negative about someone is not automatically ad hominem. If a person (politician for example) is the issue‚ then it is not a fallacy to criticize him/her. Ad ignorantium or APPEAL TO IGNORANCE. Arguing on the basis of what is not known and cannot be
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felt his guilt turn to anger‚ to outrage… it was people like this Mexican or whatever he was who were responsible‚ thoughtless people‚ stupid people‚ people who wanted to turn the world into a garbage dump‚ a little Tijuana.” (11). He uses hasty generalization to group Candido and all
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online titled An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments‚ where I found the above image. The arguments of the book were describing poor arguments in the form of alternative ideas following the same logical format. The above picture is an example of hasty generalization‚ which inspired my first argument topic. That topic was to find an argument that was inaccurately making an assumption about a topic. I found an argument that fit this in a
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Some might say that euthanasia is not the moral equivalent of murder as this action only affect an individual well-being‚ it is often valued for its own sake‚ as well as necessary for pursuit of all other goods within a life. Others might argue that euthanasia is the moral equivalent of murder as every human being has a natural inclination to continue living. Both arguments contrast in helping us evaluate more about euthanasia is the moral equivalent of murder or not. For me‚ I think euthanasia is
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A. credibility B. logic C. evidence D. emotion 27) What logical fallacy can occur when a speaker focuses on similarities and ignores significant differences? A. Either/or thinking B. Slippery slope C. Faulty comparison D. Hasty generalization 28) Groups that value higher power distance believe relationships are A. individualist B. relationship
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helpyoustudy.info Chapter 1 Test A MULTIPLE CHOICE INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. 1. There appears to be a growing happiness gap between men and women. Women today are working more and relaxing less‚ while men are working less and relaxing more. Forty years ago a typical woman spent 40 minutes more per week than the typical man performing an activity considered unpleasant
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Knowing Your Audience Brad Hoopes University of Phoenix March 24‚ 2013 BCOM 275 Ontario‚ CA Knowing Your Audience Several years ago on August 5‚ 2010 a tragic event occurred in a Chilean copper mine resulting
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Jason James Professor Berry English 1213 14 September 2012 The Final Nail in the Coffin What better way to stir up a person’s emotions than to threaten his privacy‚ safety‚ and the well-being of his family? This example of pathos is a common tactic in a rhetorical argument‚ and one that has its place‚ but certainly does not belong in a work meant to raise awareness of the destruction of forests and canyons. Edward Abbey‚ author of Eco-Defense‚ begins his work by describing a scene that would
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