into it. There is an obvious logical connection that strengthens the argument. In the third paragraph Kennedy gives a chain reaction from the high costs. He does this in a very logical way not making leaps and assumptions therefore avoiding a slippery slope fallacy. The way he presents the information is very clear and allows the audience to see the connection between the each part of the reaction. For example‚ he says that the cost of steel would produce high costs of homes‚ autos‚ appliances‚
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stating that because A happened before B then A must have caused B‚ without support this claim is completely flawed. Also be careful not to claim that if a person (or population) is thinking or acting a certain way it will lead to more of the same (slippery slope). The last thing the book mentions is that we should avoid is association which is if two people share a quality they are somehow connected or
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Animal testing is cruel and inhuman! It is morally wrong to toture animals for our own benefit. Over 3 million animals have been tormented all in the name of research. It has been found that only 5-25% of side effects caused by medicines are accurately predicted. This leads me to wonder what is actually being gained by animal experimentation. It’s bad science! The Food and Drug Administration reported that 92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail on humans‚ making it wasteful
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be found - then they can say those people are drugged into a no-pain state but they need to be euthanasiaed from such a state because it is not dignified. See the opening for the slippery slope? How do you measure "dignity"? No - it will be euthanasia "on demand". The pro-euthanasia folks have already started down the slope. They are even now not stoping with "unbearable pain" - they are alrady including this "drugged state" and
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Answers to fallacy exercise‚ Part 2. I. Identify the fallacies of sufficiency committed by the following arguments‚ giving a brief explanation for your answer. If no fallacy is committed‚ write "no fallacy."1 1. The Daily News carried an article this morning about three local teenagers who were arrested on charges of drug possession. Teenagers these days are nothing but a bunch of junkies. Hasty Generalization – not enough examples. 2. If a car breaks down on the freeway‚ a passing mechanic is
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20th Century Women Writers Prof. Christa Schneider September 16‚ 2009 The Corrupting Power of Money in Wide Sargasso Sea According to Bible folklore‚ Jesus is attributed to have stated that “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” (1 Tim. 6:10). While it is not entirely fair to blame money for any individual’s immortal acts‚ the lure of money often produces desperate choices for these individuals. In Jean Rhys’s novel‚ Wide Sargasso Sea‚ the theme of money and greed are exemplified
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`”Then he struck me on the head….he lay there helpless- on his back- I killed him”(Sophocles 1306). This is a play called Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. Everyone in the city of thebes believes Oedipus has everything going got him‚ but they do not know what his fate has in store for him. A man of such greatness commits such haness and insestuous crime. Having too much pride can lead to tragedy for the persons involved reasons being a person who has high self esteem has impulses problems‚ abuses relationships
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in cases where the patient has an effected conscious such as dementia * Conflicts with the Hippocratic oath that all doctors swear to uphold which means they are not able to cause harm to any person * Mercy killing would lead to the ’slippery slope effect’‚ which is when those who are unable to voice their desires‚ are put to death like the senile‚ or a baby or someone in a coma and so on. * ------------------------------------------------- It would cause decline in health care and
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What was the culture at Lehman Brothers like? How did this culture contribute to the company’s downfall? Culture in a workplace can be determined based upon values‚ beliefs‚ interests‚ and experiences. At the Lehman Brothers they rewarded risk at any cost without validation. One of the main issues was their rapid growth over a 13 year period with very little change to their corporate culture. Questionable deals‚ unnecessary risks‚ and short-term profits were rewarded by management. The culture
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We should save as many as we can b. Sanctity of Human Life 7. What two arguments are given in the case of Tracy Latimer? a. Wrongness of discrimination against the handicapped b. Slippery slope 8. What can we learn from all this about the nature of morality? a. First‚ moral judgments must be backed by good reasons. b. Second‚ morality requires the impartial consideration of each individual’s interests. 9. Thus‚ if we want to discover
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