PHI103- Begging The question

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Present three distinct informal logical fallacies you have discovered in these types of sources or in your life. Make sure to identify the specific fallacy committed by each example. Explain how the fallacies were used and the context in which they occurred. Finally, explain how the person should have presented the argument in order to avoid committing this logical error. EXAMPLE 1: FanDuel Responsible Gaming Fallacy: Begging the question FanDuel Responsible Gaming ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fTBtb385LE For my first example, I am using a FanDuel Commercial in which the video shows two individuals and what their habits are in terms of sports betting. In this video one individual goes on to explain how he sets up an hour a week time limit, as well as setting up wager limits so he does not exceed a certain budget set aside for gambling. Whereas the opposing argument the individual has his cat choosing how he should place his bets. The commercial finishes off by appealing to the public as a “Responsible” gaming tool a key part to why we should choose FanDuel. I believe this would be considered Begging the question mainly because FanDuel is trying to convince its audience that they should be using their sports betting app compared to others on the market because it is more of a responsible way of betting. The premises are: Setting wager limits and time limits to gamble responsibly. Therefore, we should be using FanDuel to gamble responsibly. I believe FanDuel could have listed their premises in a different manner to not restate its conclusion in support of themselves.

Example 2: Best thing since sliced bread Fallacy: Slippery Slope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_qiOuaop8o This Little Caesars Superbowl commercial shows us the slippery slope fallacy. We can see that fallacy in the sliced bread headquarters heads towards a downwards trend after they find out they are not “best thing” anymore. Slowly the sliced bread HQ degrades where they try to produce solutions to get to the top of being the best thing again, and later to where the office is falling apart and is on fire, while its employees are eating Little Caesars. This makes the commercial a slippery slope fallacy because the chain of events will lead to the inevitable downfall of sliced bread. While these claims are highly unlikely, Little Caesars is trying to convince its audience that this is the new best thing out there since they previously did not offer any type of delivery service. Now even though this commercial was intended for humorous purposes we could have seen a different angle in which Little Caesars presented an alternative way to introduce delivery. Example 3: MINT Mobile Fallacy: Poisoning the well

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