The "I Have a Dream" speech was publicly delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which Martin Luther King Jr. called for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, Martin Luther King Jr. incorporates a few fallacies in his speech to strengthen his speech, he uses diversion, circular reasoning, and appeal to emotion.
Martin luther king Jr. commits a number fallacies, for example, he states "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash …show more content…
King wants to make sure he gets the most important point, racism, clearly across to the other side, in addition, he does this thoroughly by presenting it at the beginning of his speech. Moreover, MLK states "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (King 1) Martin Luther King Jr. is appealing to emotion in the way that he isn't necessarily stating his dream, rather he knows how it feels to be judged by the color of his skin. The thought of children not being able to be together because of their skin tone immediately brings up unpleasant images such as insane people. The actual argument, implied, is that there are objective universal rights and wrongs, moraly. The argument is worded in such a way to connect the argument's conclusions, which is that there is objective morality, with the idea that discriminating innocent children is wrong. No matter how we personally feel about a horrible act, our feelings are not a valid substitution for an objective reason behind why the act is
Martin luther king Jr. commits a number fallacies, for example, he states "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash …show more content…
King wants to make sure he gets the most important point, racism, clearly across to the other side, in addition, he does this thoroughly by presenting it at the beginning of his speech. Moreover, MLK states "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (King 1) Martin Luther King Jr. is appealing to emotion in the way that he isn't necessarily stating his dream, rather he knows how it feels to be judged by the color of his skin. The thought of children not being able to be together because of their skin tone immediately brings up unpleasant images such as insane people. The actual argument, implied, is that there are objective universal rights and wrongs, moraly. The argument is worded in such a way to connect the argument's conclusions, which is that there is objective morality, with the idea that discriminating innocent children is wrong. No matter how we personally feel about a horrible act, our feelings are not a valid substitution for an objective reason behind why the act is