AN APPEAL TO PITYee (|) SIGNS OF SELF-PITY 7 STEPS WWW.ILANELANZEN.COM. { Is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent's feelings of pity or guilt. It is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. The name "Galileo argument” refers to the scientist's suffering as a result of his house arrest by the Inquisition.Misericordiam: “a pitying heart" May be viewed as a special case of appeal to emotion in which the altruism and mercy of the audience are special emotions appealed to. EXAMPLES: An appeal to pity can be scen in many charitable advertisements. Charities appeal to your pity of less fortunate people in order for you to be more likely to donate to that particular charity. "You must have graded my exam incorrectly. I studied very hard for weeks specifically because I knew my career depended on getting a good grade. If you give me a failing grade I'm ruined!" "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, look at this miserable man, in a wheelchair, unable to use his legs. Could such a man really be guilty of embezzlement?”When an appeal to sympathy or pity is highly exaggerated or irrelevant to the issue at hand, ad misericordiam is regarded as a logical fallacy. The first mention of ad misericordiam as a fallacy was in an article in the Edinburgh Review in 1824. PUoneon vetteThe informal structure of the ad misericordiam usually is something like aleePerson L argues statement p or argument A. L deserves pity because of acai eee Gate litem’ M em ees elaianae) porA. SIA CMT Me) g argument A is good.1. Relief arguments are relevant to the problems raised by a disaster caused by a tidal wave and cholera outbreak in India. 2. If we have the choice of buying a newspaper from a blind news vendor, ad misericordiam considerations are not necessarily irrelevant. The essential question is whether the pity or compassion is relevant to the situation at hand and is being appealed to exclusively or excessively for the acceptance of the conclusion. a In Voltaire’s Candide, examples of misery are used time and time again to falsify Leibniz’s (Pangloss’) assertion that this is the best of all possible worlds. The evidence would be relevant to the a iment being adduced.Cre ap nk.In new Binay ad, the average Filipino is ‘nognog’ like himTHE LEGEND OF GRACE POEI know the last five scratch off tickets didn't win, which meana this next one must be a winner!Example 1: I really deserve an “A” on this paper, professor. Not only did I study during my grandmother’s funeral, but I also passed up the heart transplant surgery, even though that was the first matching donor in 3 years. Explanation: The student deserves an “A” for effort and dedication but, unfortunately, papers are not graded that way. The fact that we should pity her has nothing to do with the quality of the paper written, and if we were to adjust the grade because of the sob stories, we would have fallen victim to the appeal to pity.Example 2: Ginger: Your dog just ran into our house and ransacked our kitchen! Mary: He would never do that, look at how adorable he is with those puppy eyes! Explanation: Being pathetic does not absolve one from his or her crimes, even when it is a puppy. Exception: Like any argument, if it is agreed that logic and reason should take a backseat to emotion, and there is no objective truth claim being made, but rather an opinion of something that should or should not be done, then it could escape the fallacy.http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/mi sery.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_ to_pity -https://www.thoughtco.com/what- is-ad-misericordiam-1688966 -https://Awww.quora.com/What-is-an- example-of-the-argumentum-ad- misericordiam-fallacyQuick, KidLeT me boron your Credit Cad: reat oc