Logical Fallacies

People either like coffee or hate it.

• Ad Populum

• Either/Or

• Red herring

• Moral Equivalence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Labor unions in America are just as bad as Russia under Stalin!

• Either/Or

• Ad Populum

• Moral Equivalence

• Hasty Generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Mike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?

Ken: But what is morality exactly?

Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.

Ken: But who creates this code?...

• ad populum

• red herring

• Moral Equivalence

• Either/or

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Unless you can close your eyes to abuse, write a check to save this puppy.

• ad populum

• hasty generalization

• either-or fallacy

• red herring

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.

• ad populum

• either-or fallacy

• hasty generalization

• red herring

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

"Russia has a terrible human rights record." "Well, the United States has done plenty of bad things." -the President when confronted about Russia's human rights abuses.

• either/or

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• ad populum

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Trans fats are as bad as biological weapons.

• either/or

• red herring

• hasty generalization

• moral equivalence

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Because doctors smoke it must be a healthy choice.

• hasty generalization

• moral equivalence

• ad populum

• red herring

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• either/or

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Mother: It’s bedtime Jane Jane: Mom, how do ants feed their babies? Mother: Don’t know dear, close your eyes now. Jane: But mama, do ant babies cry when they’re hungry?

• moral equivalence

• ad populum

• red herring

• hasty generalization

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1