Appeal to Majority
The first fallacy is an example of appeal to majority (Ad Populum)
An appeal to majority is when you do something only because everyone else is doing it and you feel weird not agreeing with the group.
The character from Twelve Angry Men, who committed this fallacy was the old man.
During the Preliminary Voting, when they asked who's voting guilty, after most people raised their hand, the old man slowly raised his hand but was kind of hesitating to do it.
The old man's actions was an appeal to majority because it was very clear that he waited to see what everyone else did. He was the last person to raise his hand during the guilty vote, and also, when he did raise his hand, he raised it up very slowly and had an unsure look on his …show more content…
Plenty of so-called traditions have been eliminated. Specifically if we followed tradition and never thought about changing it, we still would have slavery, Society need to review their traditions every several years, because we always need to evolve with the changing times.
3. Poisoning the Well
The third fallacy is an example of poisoning the well (no latin).
Poisoning the well is when you make everyone think a person is not trustworthy, or an idiot, without him or her even opening their mouths.
The character from Twelve Angry Men who committed this fallacy was yankee.
When they were discussing whether or not the boy is guilty or not and only one person thought he was guilty, the yankee said, “ You couldn't change my mind if you talked for one hundred years.”
This is an example of poisoning the well because he's telling him, dude you can’t do anything. So from this point on, anything he says will be discredited by the Yankee, and it may be discredited by the others. What he should have done was say, “ Hey I think that he is guilty, but I'd love to hear what you have to say,. Maybe you could change my
The first fallacy is an example of appeal to majority (Ad Populum)
An appeal to majority is when you do something only because everyone else is doing it and you feel weird not agreeing with the group.
The character from Twelve Angry Men, who committed this fallacy was the old man.
During the Preliminary Voting, when they asked who's voting guilty, after most people raised their hand, the old man slowly raised his hand but was kind of hesitating to do it.
The old man's actions was an appeal to majority because it was very clear that he waited to see what everyone else did. He was the last person to raise his hand during the guilty vote, and also, when he did raise his hand, he raised it up very slowly and had an unsure look on his …show more content…
Plenty of so-called traditions have been eliminated. Specifically if we followed tradition and never thought about changing it, we still would have slavery, Society need to review their traditions every several years, because we always need to evolve with the changing times.
3. Poisoning the Well
The third fallacy is an example of poisoning the well (no latin).
Poisoning the well is when you make everyone think a person is not trustworthy, or an idiot, without him or her even opening their mouths.
The character from Twelve Angry Men who committed this fallacy was yankee.
When they were discussing whether or not the boy is guilty or not and only one person thought he was guilty, the yankee said, “ You couldn't change my mind if you talked for one hundred years.”
This is an example of poisoning the well because he's telling him, dude you can’t do anything. So from this point on, anything he says will be discredited by the Yankee, and it may be discredited by the others. What he should have done was say, “ Hey I think that he is guilty, but I'd love to hear what you have to say,. Maybe you could change my