Fallacies-Appeal+to+Pity

**//Appeal to Pity//** As the phrase suggests, an appeal to pity is simply urging others to agree with a particular conclusion because of the pitiful circumstances of the person(s) involved. However, more often than not, the pitiful state of these people has no direct relevance or bearing on the issue under discussion. e.g. beggars students-teachers: my cat died, the computer crashed (HBL!), etc.-sniffs-  donations like NKF, Ren Ci    the appeal is to emotion, rather than reason. In order for the fallacy to be actually committed, the argument has to be solely based on emotional appeal, and not anything else. 'I'm pitiful, therefore excuse her". "She was pitiful therefore don't punish her."    Pitiful state has nothing to do with conclusion.  Because you arouse some emotional response in a reader, you assume the conclusion will be accepted.  A blackmail, of sorts? Skip the brain and move to the heart. Follow your heart or your brain? ):   Non human appeals to pity:  - show many many bloody images of sharks with their fin cut off, without giving any other images.    You see an advertisement. They show you 30 secs of very emo music (wailing violin) of sharks having their fins chopped off, thrown back into the sea ... and 10 seconds of wedding eating shark fin.and four seconds of 'can you stomach this?' :D    <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">theres no obvious argument here, so whats the argument at the end! <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">the motive is to get the people to feel pitiful for the sharks <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">trying to make people feel guilty for eating such stuff <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P1: Sharks get their fins cut off and are thrown back into the sea to drown and die. <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P2: People are eating shark fins during celebrations. <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx s" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P3: It is inhumane?? <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P4: Eating shark fin results in P1 and other impacts <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx s" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P5: therefore, eating shark fin is inhumane. <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx s" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">P6. We should not do inhumane things. for we are humane and human! <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">C: we should not eat shark fins <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">C: Eat shark fins if you can allow such cruel acts to continue. eat less/dont eat sharks fin if you can. <span class="author-g-oksq0976yxt20kmx" style="background-color: #dcccff; cursor: auto; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px;">It must be very clear that the conclusion depends on just the emotional appeal

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