Final Project 2
The death penalty is one of the most hotly debated subjects in our society. Controversy surrounding this issue is emotional with proponents for and against the death penalty arguing their position by using appeals to emotion, appeals to pity and the use of expert opinion. My intent is to show that reasonable dialogue has been impeded by both sides of the death penalty issue through their use of these fallacies.
Proponents of the death penalty assert that those who are members of the anti-death penalty movement argue their positions by using fraudulent means. According to Dudley Sharpe (1997) “the culture of lies and deceit so dominate that the movement of many falsehoods is now wrongly accepted as fact, by both advocates and opponents of the death penalty. The anti-death penalty movement specializes in the abolition of the truth.” Viewing this statement critically it is apparent that Sharpe’s intention is to argue his position by......
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