PHI 2604 Miami Dade College Common Occurrences in Straw Man Fallacy Essay

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obadhrdhro

Humanities

phi 2604

Miami Dade College

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Topics for your Essay, Choose one

Topic A: You try to live strictly by the moral rules contained in your religion's moral code. The two most important rules are "Be merciful" (don't give people what they deserve) and "Be just" (give people exactly what they deserve). Now suppose a man is arrested for stealing food from your house, and the police leave it up to you whether he should be prosecuted for his crime or set free. Should you be merciful and set him free, or be just and make sure he is appropriately punished? How do you resolve this conflict of rules? Can your moral code resolve it? To what moral principles or theories do you appeal?

Topic B: Why do you think people are tempted to use the straw man fallacy in disagreements on moral issues? How do you feel when someone uses this fallacy against you? To demonstrate your understanding and to teach the idea to the rest of the class, provide a relevant real-life example of the logical mistake. (You MAY use an outside source to help you present your example; be sure to summarize or paraphrase, cite, and use announcing verbs.) Choose carefully—consider whether your example does a good job of illustrating a Straw Man. Compare it to similar fallacies, and show why your example is a Straw Man rather than another fallacy like an Appeal to the Person. Your discussion of your example should be detailed so that readers can evaluate the fallacy. Argue the case for why your example is an example of Straw Man.

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Straw Man Fallacy Outline
Thesis Statement: More often than not, people using fallacies might not be able to tell when
they have an error in their reasoning and cannot distinguish whether they are making valid
arguments or not.
I.

The Fallacy
A straw man fallacy usually occurs when an individual takes the arguments or pints of
another person and exaggerates or distorts the information in one way or the other in
an extreme manner, and then focusing their attack on the extreme distortion that they
have created. They do so, making it seem that the initial individual was trying to make
the extreme argument or point in the first place. The second individual's original goal
is to discredit or invalidate the opinions or perspectives of the first person. This type
of fallacy applies to a variety of different scenarios. One of the most common
situations where people apply it is when it comes to discussions on moral issues.

II.

Conclusion: More often than not, people using fallacies might not be able to tell when
they have an error in their reasoning and cannot d...


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