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