In paragraph two the author has violated the relevancy criteria of a good argument by committing the fallacy of abusive ad hominem. In the second paragraph the author states “Those who say these embryos “would be discarded anyway” are wrong.” Fallacy of abusive ad hominem is defined as attacking the character of the opposing speaker rather than his thesis. In this statement the author is trying to reason by attacking the characteristic of his opposing speakers by stating that their thinking is wrong, therefore lowering the credibility of the opposing speakers and trying to persuade the reader that his argument is right, which is irrelevant to the argument. Therefor this argument is not acceptable because it does not provide enough support for the conclusion.
7.3 – Neutralization of the fallacy:
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Embryos that couples want discarded are barred from being used in research. In fact, many couples who initially chose to discard their “excess” embryos have later changed their minds and let them survive”, which the author has committed the fallacy of abusive ad hominem. The author could have avoided the fallacy of abusive ad hominem by stating that not all these embryos would eventually be discarded, which points that the notion of opposing thinking is wrong without committing the fallacy and attacking the opposing speakers. Therefore, the paragraph could be restated as, “Not all of these embryos would eventually be discarded. Embryos that couples want discarded are barred from being used in research. In fact, many couples who initially chose to discard their “excess” embryos have later changed their minds and let them survive.” Therefore, now the statement provides a support and evidence for the argument and is
Next up for discussion the pro-life. The pro-life comes from those with religion; these individuals believe that aborting something or someone is a sin. The writer thought and understood as well, that this is an endangerment not just for the health of someone doing so, but anyone who wants a child later on in
Most people are against Embryonic Stem Cell research mainly because they consider it unethical to use aborted fetuses for research. The two main issues concerning the research are the ethics (Cons) and the benefits (Pros). In any scientific case, ethics must always be considered. But the use of fetuses is something that is of the utmost importance. The costs are generally measured based off of people’s feelings, morals, and knowledge about the subject up for debate. The use of aborted fetuses for stem cell research may have many positive outcomes that can come of it, but many negative outcomes as well; If using aborted fetuses for research can, in the near future, save lives, then it is a research that should be supported, even though some
A fallacy is defined as a kind of error in reasoning. They can be persuasive and be created both unintentionally and intentionally in order to deceive others from the truth. Fallacies often indicate a false belief or cause of a false belief (dowden, 2006). An argument or situation commits a fallacy when the reasons offered do not support the conclusion. This defeats the purpose of the argument since its point is to give reason to support the conclusion. Fallacies affect the outcome of our everyday decision making process. There are three types of logical fallacies discussed in this paper along with the importance of utilizing critical thinking skills.
three logical fallacies that are used in this paper are Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Far-Fetched Hypothesis, and False Dilemma. What is a fallacy? A fallacy is viewed as an error in reasoning. To be more exact, a fallacy is an "argument" in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support. A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument which is independent of the truth of the premises. When there is a fallacy in an argument it is said to be invalid. The presence of a logical fallacy in an argument does not necessarily imply anything about the argument's premises or its conclusion. Both may actually be true, but the argument is still invalid because the conclusion does not follow.
2. The most effective argument in his essay is when he says “Millions are suffering. This is precisely the argument that research-cloning advocates are deploying today to allow them to break the moral barrier of creating.” In this argument he points out how the research advocates can't be trusted because a year ago, they assured they only wanted to do stem cell research on discarded embryos. He also points out that the research advocates create new excuses in order to keep breaking the moral barrier. In addition, they promised to only grow human clones only to the blastocyst stage. In other words, they would not create a human embryo in the laboratory. Today, they are campaigning hard to permit research for the creation of human embryos. This shows us that the research advocates are not keeping their promise because they are campaigning in order to create human embryos. The author's
This proposal is immoral because it violates a central tenet of all civilized codes on human experimentation beginning with the Nuremberg Code: It approves doing deadly harm to a member of the human species solely for the sake of potential benefit to others. The embryos to be destroyed by researchers in this campaign are at the same stage of development as embryos in the womb who have been protected as human subjects in federally funded research since 1975.(4) President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) and its 1994 predecessor, the NIH Human Embryo Research Panel, conceded that the early human embryo is a form of developing human life that deserves our respect(5). Treating human life as mere research material is no way to show respect.
There are people who disagree on the morality of using human embryonic cells, and stem cell research in general, nonetheless. Some stubborn pro-life organizations insist that the destruction of the “blastocyst, which is a laboratory-fertilized human egg” (White), is on the same level as murdering a human child and is entirely immoral and unacceptable. Even if these embryonic cells are being used to save lives and cure diseases, they believe it is wrong because the cells were taken at the cost of a
On the above date and time, I, Officer Marion, was dispatched to 100 Shasteen Street for a domestic assault that had already occurred. The complaint, Cherlyn Trussell, told dispatch that her husband, Mr. Charles Trussell, had assaulted. She told communication that Mr. Trussell cocked a firearm, and then shoved her in the closet. Ms. Trussell meet Deputy Machuta at the police department, to explain what had happened. She stated that her and Mr. Trussell got into an argument, during the argument, he went and grabbed his firearm and cocked it, making a bullet fall out, and pushed her in the closet. In fear for her life Ms. Trussell yelled she was going to call the police making Mr. Trussell retreat. Ms. Trussell was able to record the altercation on her phone, and you can hear the arguing as well as the
At the beginning of the article Stock provides the reader with background information about his education and accomplishments. He states that he is a former director of the program on Medicine, Technology and Society at the University of California, Los Angeles and the best-selling author for his book Redesigning Humans. Providing this kind of information to his target audience makes his argument credible and suggests that he has done research related to this topic. Throughout the article Stock presents himself as a strong advocate of embryo engineering and how he wants others to be informed about the new change. All over the article the author points out his opinion and believes towards germinal choice technology and provides the audience with reasons why this method should become legal. An example of this, is when Stock mentions that germinal choice technology should not be compared to human cloning he argues that this method is wrong and should not be implemented based on his experience. This allows the audience to know how serious the situation is. The use of direct observations helps the reader to better understand the information
embryo does not justify the means. On the other side of the debate are many scientists and
According to George, couple A, B and C’s actions were acceptable because they did not prevent the life of an embryo and did not terminate anything that resembled unique and fortified human DNA. With couple A, the choice of abstinence does not create a chance for an embryo to be aborted. Couple B uses contraception to prevent fertilization which again does not create a chance for the embryo to be aborted. Now couple C had sexual intercourse but since the women used the ‘morning after pill’, there was no fertilization and an embryo was not implanted in her uterus. These actions according to George are acceptable because no embryos were disrupted or harmed, only prevented from creating.
Have you ever seen or experienced bullying and the dramatic effects it has on its victims? Unfortunately nine out of every ten students have experienced bullying in school or online. Many people believe that bullying is a part of growing up and kids do not know any better. Bullies are intentionally causing mental and or physical damage to their victims, which will affect them for the rest of their lives. Bullying has shown that it can cause self inflicted injuries and even suicide in America today, and there should be no doubt that we need to protect our youth today. We need to enforce a law that will have bullies face harsh legal punishment in order to do
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To add opposing force, some ethicists believe that the human embryo is the most vulnerable of human beings and that destruction of it should be forbidden. A Lutheran bioethicist proclaims, "the human embryo is the weakest and least advantaged of our fellow human beings," and citing Karl Barth adds, "and no community is `really strong if it will not carry its...weakest members' " (Peters and Bennett 187). There are those who hold a parallel yet contradictory position when it comes to embryonic cells. They do not recognize the
One side agrees that it is ethical to destroy an embryo because it is for the purpose of research and it will ease suffering. It will aid in the discovery of new medical treatments for those who have been suffering. Arguments for stem cell research agree that the embryo is not a human yet, and that its status is no different than any other human organ. One argument stated is that, “[F]ertilized human eggs are just parts of other people’s bodies until they have developed enough to survive independently. The only respect due to blastocysts is the respect that should be shown to other people’s