Topic: Should the death penalty be abolished? Thesis: The death penalty should be abolished because it is a waste of limited resources and is not a viable form of crime control. Conclusion: The death penalty should be abolished Jost, Kenneth. “Death Penalty Debates.” CQ Researcher, 19 Nov. 2010, pp. 965-88, […]
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The fallacy I chose is a strawman. It is a kind of red herring that misleads or diverts attention away from a pertinent or significant subject. It is also where you avoid the point of an original argument when forming your counterargument and instead make up a point to attack […]
The TEDTalk “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz has a claim/conclusion that paralysis is a consequence of having too many choices. One premise in the video was “With so many options to choose from people find it very difficult to choose at all.” Another premise was when he mentioned […]
