BUS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cognitive Bias, Business Ethics, False Dilemma
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#1: dave has his boyfriend mark over for dinner. Dave believes that mark prefers nachos over, say, pasta. Imagine they end up having nachos for dinner. After dinner, mark says how good the meal was, and says they should have pasta next time. Dave thinks to himself, i knew he was a huge fan of nachos! . #2: ali is buying a watch, and is considering bying the optional extended warranty on the watch. Imagine the salesman says to ali, you know, we used to charge for this warranty. #3: britney ltd. is considering where to hold the official launch of their new product in. #4: explain the principle of fidelity in your own words. The principle of idelity says that when we"re interpreting someone else"s argument, we should interpret it in a way that seems faithful to the arguer"s apparent intentions.