http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Pity&feed=atom&action=history Appeal to Pity - Revision history 2024-03-28T15:12:28Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.5 http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Pity&diff=10302&oldid=prev Pile: Reverted edits by 109.230.216.60 (talk) to last revision by Eddie 2011-12-13T14:50:52Z <p>Reverted edits by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.230.216.60" title="Special:Contributions/109.230.216.60">109.230.216.60</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:109.230.216.60&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:109.230.216.60 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) to last revision by <a href="/wiki/User:Eddie" title="User:Eddie">Eddie</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Definition==<br /> An appeal to pity is an attempt to use the other party's pity instead of logic to support a conclusion or claim. The argument does not necessarily have to be false but is generally unrelated to the conclusion.<br /> <br /> ==Examples==<br /> *Telling a traffic officer: &quot;I'm having a really bad day, I don't deserve a speeding ticket.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> *[[Appeal to Emotion]]<br /> <br /> ==External References==<br /> *[http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-pity.html Nizkor: Appeal to pity]<br /> *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_pity Wikipedia: Appeal to pity]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Arguments]]<br /> [[Category:Appeals]]<br /> [[Category:Logical fallacies]]</div> Pile