PHIL 120 Study Guide - Traffic Ticket, Leet, My Fellow Americans
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Determine whether each of the following contains an ad populum, ad verecundiam, or ad. If yes, determine further whether it involves a corresponding fallacy. Y (yes) or n (no) in the corresponding blanks. For each ad populum fallacy indicate which version of the fallacy is involved (popularity or boosterism). Ninety percent of my constituents oppose the bill, so we may need to look more carefully at what may be wrong with this proposal. My fellow americans there has been some talk that the government is overstepping its bounds by allowing police to enter peoples" homes without the warrants traditionally required by the constitution. However, these are dangerous times and dangerous times require appropriate actions. I have in my office thousands of letters from people who let me know, in no uncertain terms, that they heartily endorse the war against crime in these united states.
