ethical fallacies

Question 1

false authority

Answer 1

asks audience to accept an assertion based off of the author’s character or the authority of another institution

Question 2

failing to accept the burden of truth

Answer 2

assertion of a claim without presenting a reasoned argument *similar to using authority instead of evidence

Question 3

guilt by association

Answer 3

calls someone’s character in question by associating them with another person with bad habits

Question 4

dogmatism

Answer 4

shits down discussion by asserting that the author’s conjectures are the only correct ones *Engerran

Question 5

moral equivalence

Answer 5

compares small problems with big problems *seatbelt example

Question 6

ad hominem

Answer 6

argument that attacks a certain individual on purpose (not looking at the argument)

Question 7

strawman

Answer 7

arguments set up to dismantle other arguments. used to misrepresent a certain individual’s argument