Hasty generalization

as other cultures, as the slum of America and react violently when told otherwise. America has set up this wrongful cliche of the black man, disregarding all respect for the hard-working African-American and portraying them as degenerates. Hasty generalizations like this is the problem with racism in America, because if not for these other cultures America would not have: coffee, paper, toothbrushes, peanut butter, heart pacemakers, the telegraph, one of the first…

The town of Salem erupted into madness as suspicion, delusion, and accusations were passed from neighbor to friend and back again as the innocent were found guilty by eyes shrouded in superstition and a pursuit for religious purity amongst their village. Arthur Miller’s modern tragedy, The Crucible, explicitly represents how repression of emotions and enjoyment accompanied by strict social laws can lead to chaos and destruction of a small village and its morals. The story progressed by…

The only apparent difference between Boyhood and Boyz N The Hood is a five letter discrepancy. However, the seemingly small five letter gap makes a world of difference. Despite sharing extremely similar stories, the two movies demonstrate immensely different outlooks on the racial problem in America -- or, as is the case in Boyhood, a lack thereof. Written in response to to Imran Siddiquee’s article “Not Everyone’s Boyhood”, published in The Atlantic, Julius Kassendorf’s feature “Boyz n the Hood…

in the article. Again, since the city dwellers are not directly involved in the development of the city infrastructures such as buildings, it is not the responsibility of the residents to figure out how the city is developed. Again, this is hasty generalization fallacy since the author offers inadequate evidence to support the conclusion made. The author also employs pathos to win the audience by saying that “you can kill a man with.". This is intentionally aimed at describing what would happen…

creates a loaded question fallacy when he states, “Who can believe the stuff they show?” (Oppenheim 138). The question possesses a built-in assumption that creates difficulty for someone to answer it without appearing ignorant. He also creates a hasty generalization by stating, “Professional gangland killers understand the problem. They prefer a shotgun at close range” (Oppenheim 139). This statement generalizes gangsters as a whole into the category of “preferring shotguns” and cannot receive…

In the article, “We Are Not Created Equal in Every Way”, Joan Ryan writes about a little girl who loves to dance but seemingly is not a skinny petite child. The author, who has written substantially about the pressures on young female athletes tosses out a red herring, insisting that the concern is not about Fredrika’s weight but that a child of only eight years is being thrust into such a burdensome position. My interpretation of this article is that the author is trying to validate reasons for…

Christians, in plurality, tend to fall into the anti-EIT camp and are very skeptical about the program. Dr. David Gushee, a Christian ethicist and historian, wrote an article for Christianity Today entitled, “5 Reasons Torture is always wrong.” In this article, Gushee lays out five reasons why the Bible does not complement torture, specifically EITs. He begins with the argument that “torture violates the dignity of the human being.” Gushee cites Genesis 1:26-28 where all men are “created in the…

List any examples of logical fallacies you note (ad hominem, hasty generalization, straw arguments, appeals to popularity, appeal to traditions, appeal to novelty, fact-inference confusion, etc.) List at least one instance you note of ethos, pathos, and/or logos. He used ethos by wearing his uniform and explaining stories of his hard training. He used pathos when explaining the sto On a scale of 1-10, how effective was this argument? Justify your answer In a world were violent,…

Over the course of this class I feel that we have had many different chances to learn and understand some key concepts. Every day we use different concepts from impressions of others to attractiveness to one another. A few that stood out to me from over this semester so far are first impression, jargon, and stereotypes. These concepts can all be used in different television shows or movies. The shows I think that best portrays these different concepts are Chicago Fire and Chicago PD. Seeing…

Evan Osnos portrays the myriad of faces that represent contemporary China, that range from strivers to survivors, dissidents to politicians, and the few and far in between that are actually thriving. Osnos portrays how China has engineered a relationship between an environment that promotes innovation within a system that shuns intellects. In the Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, Osnos sheds light on the underlying moral crisis that the Chinese people are…