Logical Fallacies Exercise

Party goers, hooligans, and just plain idiots is how the media represent Australian youth. Far too often, Australian youth is depicted negatively. It is unfair that the media represents youth this way because there are many young Australians out there who need to be recognized for their positive achievements. Several articles that I will share with you today will illustrate how the media leaves readers thinking the worst about teenagers. This must stop. It’s time to shine a spotlight on the great things young people can do and say.

A way ethos is portrayed in this editorial is when adolescents are brought into the drinking, drug, and party phase at such a young age. More and more American children are smoking cigarettes, using marijuana, and different kinds of inhalants, at the youngest ages ever in the history of America. “Between 1992 and 1996, the proportion of eighth graders who reported smoking in the past month increased from 15.5% to 21% and from 1992 to 1995, the proportion of eighth graders who said they had used marijuana during or before seventh grade rose from 7.7% to 12.7%” these facts are used to make the reader feel creditable for these young people’s actions. Adults will look at this insert and think, “Wow! Kids are spinning out of control. What could

The doctor had a duty to treat the patient. This legal duty is established if the healthcare provider agrees to treat the patient. This must be established, as a doctor providing emergency care in a public place may not be guilty of malpractice.

When you picture a teenager you picture fighting, drinking, or answering back, am I right? However, this is simply not the case. Sure there is the minority of trouble makers. However this minority is exaggerated due to the news showing only this behaviour. This stereotyping has found its audience and crept into television shows and series. This has led to the creation of a mockumentary called “Summer Heights High” which has unfairly represented teen

Three decades from now, T.L.O., a student at a New Jersey High School was caught smoking in a school restroom, and was brought to the assistant principal’s office. The 14-years-old teenager denied smoking, so the assistant principal persisted in searching her purse and found cigarettes, and rolling paper which is associated with marijuana (T.L.O. vs. New Jersey). Nothing has changed since then. If you look a little closer, you can see teenagers lying around doing drugs here and there. They are no longer determined to succeed in life; instead all they can think about is where the next supply of cocaine will come from. What has our future come to? Research done by scientists and other professionals provide evidence that substance abuse by teenagers is an ever-growing problem due to teen’s poor judgement, it’s irreparable damage, and inability to compete with drug addiction.

In certain situations, a duty of care is owed to another person. For example, a surgeon owes a duty of care to whoever they operate on. The existence of a duty of care is established by the Neighbour Test which was brought in by Lord Aitken after the Donoghue v Stevenson case;

Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic, construct three different arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give an explanation of why each makes a mistake in

I truly can relate to you, last week it was challenging trying to gather all the information without getting caught in any fallacies. I had to change my last two subtopics sentences and then do some serious reading. It was challenging and a learning experience, It works better for me to read as much as I can and then out of that come up with my thesis statement, then come up with the thesis statement and then look for information based on that. I feel that I am alert now when listening to a speech or just watching T.V. when it comes to identify any fallacies present, listening to others help me realize how wrong it sounds to use fallacies and how often they are

1) Consider one of these arguments you have either experienced or witnessed, and then identify the fallacies that were expressed during this discussion or argument. Note how the fallacies prevented the discussion from being resolved.

Duty is the responsibility that a doctor has to a patient. A patient has to prove that a

6. Give a specific example of fallacy in reasoning during the speech. Be sure to identify the particular fallacy and the part of the speech that you feel fits the fallacy. Explain why.

I enjoyed your post and can relate to the use of logical fallacies that parents tend to use. I myself will use logically fallacies to try and persuade my children to do what I ask them to do. My mother also would tell me that if I went to bed with wet hair that I would get sick. As a child, I never questioned what my mother said it had to be true because she said it. As you grow you learn that there is no correlation between wet hair and a cold or flu. A virus is the only way someone can contract a cold or flu. As you stated there can be a chance that a person is becoming sick from a virus and goes to bed with wet hair and wakes up feeling sick. But there is no scientific evidence supporting wet and a cold. Another fallacy that is present in

| Many women have been elected to political offices in recent years. Therefore, it is likely that the next American President will be a woman.Answer

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Teens in todays society are often at risk of abusing substances, getting into trouble, and causing violent scenes. They also are still trying to discover who they are, what interests them, who to hang around with, and just discover themselves. But an issue people debate about is the actions that teens choose to do. Many teens often hangout in groups at a variety of locations such as houses, parks, the mall, and other places such as a recreational center. Although teens may not see harm in being out and about with friends, adults may think otherwise. Some parents may be worried where there kids are or what they're doing, other parents may just say, "Let them be kids", and others