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I. Argumentum ad Misericordiam (argument from pity or misery) the fallacy committed when pity or a related emotion such as sympathy or compassion is appealed to for the sake of getting a conclusion accepted.
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philosophy.lander.edu/logic/misery.html
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Argumentum ad Populum (popular appeal or appeal to the majority): The fallacy of attempting to win popular assent to a conclusion by arousing the feeling and enthusiasms of the multitude. There are several variations of this fallacy, but we will emphasize two forms.
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philosophy.lander.edu/logic/popular.html
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Argumentum ad antiquitatem (the argument to antiquity or tradition). This is the familiar argument that some policy, behavior, or practice is right ... Argumentum ad misericordiam (argument or appeal to pity). The English translation pretty much says it all. Example: "Think of all the poor, starving Ethiopian children!
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argumentum ad misericordiam ... argumentum ad misericordiam -- Occurs when an appeal is made to pity or to one's sympathetic nature. Example: "Augusto Pinochet is an old, dying man. It is wrong to make him stand trial for alleged offenses."
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www.philosophicalsociety.com/Logical%20Fallacies.htm
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Also known as: Ad Misericordiam ... Description of Appeal to Pity ... An Appeal to Pity is a fallacy in which a person substitutes a claim intended to create pity for evidence in an argument. The form of the "argument" is as follows:
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www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-pity.html
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Often, an argument ad misericordiam is offered to sway an audience in defiance of factual evidence and sound reasoning.“The argumentum ad misericordiam is the fallacy committed when pity is appealed to for the sake of getting a conclusion accepted, where the conclusion is concerned with a question of fact rather than...
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In addition to the analyses of these and other case studies, this book provides, for the first time, precise guidelines and useful criteria to identify, analyze, and evaluate instances of the ad misericordiam argument...
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Appeal to pity has frequently been exploited with amazing success as a deceptive tactic of argumentation, so much so that it has traditionally been treated as a fallacy. ... Appeal to Pity: Argumentum Ad Misericordiam (Paperback)
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Argumentum ad antiquitatem ... Argumentum ad misericordiam ... Argumentum ad misericordiam (Appeal to pity; Special pleading)
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