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As you start to list properties that the animal lacks to justify eating them, you begin to realize that some humans also lack those properties, yet we don’t eat those humans. Is this logical proof that killing and eating animals for food is immoral? Don’t put away your steak knife just yet.
In Eat Meat… Or Don’t, we examine the moral arguments for and against eating meat with both philosophical and scientific rigor. This book is not about pushing some ideological agenda; it’s ultimately a book about critical thinking.
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The big problem is your friend assumes all rules are the same for everyone. This is a false assumption. For example, a doctor can give medical advice; a life coach can't (unless the life coach is a medical doctor). I can smack my wife on the butt; you can't. Etc. It is the misuse of the double standard . |
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answered on Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 08:28:21 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | ||||||||||||||||
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As always, check your premises: The claim “Because black people can use the n word, ...” may not be true. Puff, there goes the discussion. I suppose it could be tu quoque because the argument states that a particular position is false or wrong and/or should be disregarded because its proponent fails to act consistently per that position. Or, perhaps, Fallacy of Composition because it assumes that something true of part of a whole (some black people use the “n” word) must also be true of the whole (all black people use the “n” word). Or, stretch a bit and get the If-by-Whiskey fallacy. At least, it is more fun. |
answered on Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 10:12:52 AM by Dr. Richard | |
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P1: A is allowed to do blabla. I don't really see any type of fallacy. It just looks like a bad argument that has one fatally false premise. If I were you, by the way, I would not become a man who smacks his wife on the butt, or I would not become such a man's wife. |
answered on Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 06:48:37 AM by LogicG | |
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