Appeal to Pity: Argumentum ad MisericordiamSUNY Press, 1 ene 1997 - 225 páginas Appeal to pity has frequently been exploited with amazing success as a deceptive tactic of argumentation, so much so that it has traditionally been treated as a fallacy. Using a case study method, the author examines examples of appeals to pity and compassion in real arguments in order to classify, analyze, and evaluate the types of arguments used in these appeals. Among the cases studied are the controversial use of "poster kids" in the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy and the "baby incubators story" deployed by a public relations firm to influence the decision to send U.S. forces into Kuwait during the Gulf War. In addition to the analyses of these and other case studies, this book provides, for the first time, precise guidelines and useful criteria with which to identify, analyze, and evaluate instances of the ad misericordiam argument. |
Índice
The Textbook Treatment | 1 |
Irrelevance | 2 |
Appeal to Pity as Inherently Fallacious | 5 |
Not All Cases Fallacious? | 7 |
Legal Cases | 11 |
The Students Plea Case | 15 |
Excuses as Arguments | 20 |
Charitable Appeals | 22 |
The Structure of the Argument | 101 |
The Nayirah Case | 127 |
When Is It a Fallacy? | 150 |
Subtypes of Ad Misericordiam Fallacy | 161 |
The Pragmatic View of Fallacy | 162 |
Sensitivity to Context | 166 |
Defining Relevance | 168 |
The Logical Leap from Ethical Premises | 169 |
Argument from Consequences | 26 |
Judging the Fallacious Cases | 28 |
Summary | 31 |
Historical Background | 35 |
Earliest Known Origins of Ad Misericordiam | 38 |
Ancient Use as a Courtroom Tactic | 41 |
Socrates Rejection of Appeal to Pity | 45 |
Aristotle on Appeal to Pity Eleos | 48 |
The Stoic Condemnation of Pity | 51 |
The Christian View of Pity | 54 |
Sympathy as an Ethical Concept | 57 |
Early Modern Views of Pity | 59 |
Terminological Questions | 61 |
Identifying the Ad Misericordiam As a Type of Argument | 64 |
Evaluation of Case Studies | 173 |
The Menendez Case | 175 |
The Baby Seals | 179 |
Effectiveness of Ad Misericordiam Arguments | 182 |
Comparing Cases | 184 |
Further Comments on Cases | 186 |
The Students Plea Case Analyzed | 190 |
The Thackeray Case | 192 |
Summary of the Method | 194 |
Revising the Textbooks | 197 |
Notes | 199 |
Bibliography | 205 |
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