Illness or food poisoning is likely ‘consequences’ of eating spoiled food, while being ‘grounded’ is a punishment for, not a ‘consequence,’ of childhood misbehavior. The contemporary fallacy of a person in power falsely describing an imposed punishment or penalty as a ‘consequence’ of another’s negative act.Įxample: The consequences of your misbehavior could include suspension or expulsion.’Ī corrupt argument from ethos, arrogating to oneself or to one’s rules or laws an ethos of cosmic inevitability, i.e., the ethos of God, Fate, Karma, Destiny or Reality Itself.
#RED HERRING FALLACY IN EVERYDAY LIFE SKIN#
When challenged, those who practice this fallacy seem to most often shrug their shoulders and mumble ‘Life is ruff and you gotta be tuff ,’ ‘You gotta do what you gotta do to get ahead in this world,’ ‘It’s no skin off my nose,’ ‘That’s free enterprise,’ ‘That’s the way life is!’ or similar. This fallacy is a ‘softer’ argumentum ad baculum.
See also A Comprehensive List Of 180 Cognitive Biases And HeuristicsĪlso: The Con Artist’s Fallacy The Dacoit’s Fallacy Shearing the Sheeple Profiteering ‘Vulture Capitalism,’ ‘Wealth is disease, and I am the cure.’)Ī corrupt argument from ethos, arguing that because someone is intellectually slower, physically or emotionally less capable, less ambitious, less aggressive, older or less healthy (or simply more trusting or less lucky) than others, s/he ‘naturally’ deserves less in life and may be freely victimized by those who are luckier, quicker, younger, stronger, healthier, greedier, more powerful, less moral or more gifted (or who simply have more immediate felt need for money, often involving some form of addiction). The opposite of this fallacy is the Taboo. Certain ideologues and religious fundamentalists are proud to use this fallacy as their primary method of ‘reasoning’ and some are even honest enough to say so.Įxample: Since we know there is no such thing as ‘evolution,’ a prime duty of believers is to look for ways to explain away growing evidence, such as is found in DNA, that might suggest otherwise. Wilson, University of Texas El PasoĪ logical fallacy is an irrational argument made through faulty reasoning common enough to be named for the nature of its respective logical failure.Īlso: Rationalization Dogmatism, Proof TextingĪ corrupt argument from logos, starting with a given, pre-set belief, dogma, doctrine, scripture verse, ‘fact’ or conclusion and then searching for any reasonable or reasonable-sounding argument to rationalize, defend or justify it.
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