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Same thing with "It's just like Hitler!", "It's not what the founding father's wanted!", etc. I many times support the formal logic requirement.
by JoelMcCracken 16y ago
Same thing with "It's just like Hitler!", "It's not what the founding father's wanted!", etc.
I many times support the formal logic requirement.
- chc 16y ago"It's not what the Founding Fathers wanted" is not generally an issue of logic. If something is flagrantly against the values they espoused, then whether or not that thing should be opposed is simply a matter of your values. If it's not entirely clear whether they would have supported something but there could be reasonable arguments either way, then it's a matter of opinion. In neither case is it an example of faulty logic.
- JoelMcCracken 16y agoI could explain what I'm referring to, but then, why do so when wikipedia does it so well? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority