Appeal to emotion is a type of fallacy that is commited when someone manipulates people's emotions in order to get them accept a claim as being true. People try to tell other people to get or buy certain things because it is good for their health and it benefits them. Also, it could be people telling others to not get or buy certain things because it is bad for them. Basically, it has something to do with people's feelings. Good or bad, it is a appeal to emotion type of fallacy. And it is always bad if the conclusion is a descriptive claim according to Epstein.
For example:
You should eat oranges because they provide a lot of vitamin C and it is good for the body and health since it helps prevent diseases and protects the immune system.
This example would be a appeal to emotion since someone is convicing someone to eat oranges because it provides vitamin C and good for their health. Also, the conclusion is descriptive since it says that it is good for the body and health and it helps prevent diseases and protects the immune system, which makes it as a appeal to emotion fallacy.
I liked that you chose this fallacy. This fallacy is used in so many ways or used as a tactic in order to get others to see things in their perspective; very manipulative. In a lot of commercials, I would like to think that this is the most used fallacy yet. Especially in commercials that pertain to outside appearances. Many people are self concious about how they look and buy into these deceiving advertisements that make their products appealing to all audiences. It is difficult for people to be aware of this fallacy due to the fact that their emotions are being involved with their thought. People think with their hearts and not their mind..
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