GE217 Composition II Week 2 (B)
Identifying logical Fallacies 1. Bandwagon Appeal: “Cash for Clunkers”; The New York Times, September 30, 2012
The argument on this article is about how the people think that something should to be done because the majority does it. The "Cash for Clunkers" program has been a success. By subsidizing the purchases of new, more fuel efficient vehicles for Americans willing to trade in their old gas guzzlers, this initiative makes a short-term investment in our long-term goals of environmental protection and decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels. 2. Ad Hominem: The education for women; Richard Norquist;
This is an article from the year 1917 were women are not suppose to know everything like men, he’s argument and appeal that women should have the right to go be equal to men in terms of education. 3. Begging the question: “Murder is morally wrong, Therefore, abortion is morally wrong”;Hurley P. ; About.com
The argument presumes the truth of a premise that isn’t stated, namely that abortion is murder. As this premise is far from obvious, and the arguer doesn’t even mention it (much less give it a defense), the argument begs the question. 4. Red Herring: Consequences of using Nuclear Power; Dean Babst and David Krieger; 1997
Here the arguer does nothing to address the issue of the dangers of nuclear power, but instead changes the subject to the danger of electricity. If there’s even an argument at all here, it certainly has nothing to do with the original issue. 5. Slippery Slope: (William Safire, "The Computer Tattoo." The New York Times, Sep. 9, 1982)
A slippery slope fallacy occurs when an arguer makes a number of weak inductive inferences (often involving purported causal connections) to a conclusion that is undesirable. The arguer then concludes that the initial step in the chain of inferences shouldn’t be accepted. 6. Hasty Generalization :("The Wife As the Family Treasurer," The Toronto Truth. July 29, 1895)

The argument here on this article is about relying to common sense, the article do not have enough support the conclusion.

7. False Analogy: “The Watchmaker; William Paley (1743–1805)
On this article; The watchmaker analogy consists of the comparison of some natural phenomenon to a watch. Typically, the analogy is presented as a prelude to the teleological argument and is generally presented. 8. Ad populum argument: Germaine Greer, "For Crying Out Loud!" The Guardian, Jan. 10, 2008)
The argument here is whether Ms. Clinton should use tears to gain votes and advantage because of her emotion and being a woman.