Logical Fallacies

America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

• ad hominem

• red herring

• circular logic

• straw man

"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.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• moral equivalence

• non sequitur

We should stop using hairspray because it is snowing in New York.

• hasty generalization

• non sequitur

• ad hominem

• moral equivalence

It is warmer this year in Las Vegas as compared to last year; therefore, global warming is rapidly accelerating.

• slippery slope

• red herring

• circular reasoning

• hasty generalization

If we use just one more can of hairspray this month, earth as we know it will no longer exist.

• hasty generalization

• slippery slope

• red herring

• straw man

We either ban hairspray or the world will end.

• slippery slope

• non sequitur

• either/or (black/white) (binary)

• moral equivalence

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

• straw man

• red herring

If you allow one student to take an online course, soon

everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty.

• Slippery Slope

• Band Wagon

• Ambiguity

• Insufficient Evidence

If you eat a good diet, you will never have a heart attack.

• Misplaced cause and effect

• Band Wagon

• Ambiguity

• Hasty Generalization

Everyone seems to support the changes in the vacation policy, and if everyone likes them, they must be

good.

• Slippery Slope

• Band Wagon

• Misplaced Cause and Effect

• Ambiguity