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#130: Do Emotional Appeals = Logical Fallacies?

Author
Right to Life CA
Published
Thu 27 Oct 2011
Episode Link
http://prolifepodcast.net/2011/10/130-do-emotional-appeals-logical-fallacies/

Trent Horn, Director of Youth Outreach with Project Defending Life joins the show via phone to discuss whether emotionally appealing arguments are automatically fallacious. Josh and Trent have both recently been countered by debaters who immediately object whenever they make an argument that pulls on peoples heartstrings. Certainly some appeals to emotion are fallacious, but are all of them? What are common fallacious appeals to emotion that pro-lifers and pro-choicers make while debating abortion?

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