• Appeal to Consequences

    Description


    Appeal to consequences is an attempt to motivate belief with an appeal either to the good consequences of believing or the bad consequences of disbelieving, without respect to the quality of the evidence supporting such an argument. Of course, there may be consequences to a belief, as long as it is supported by evidence.

    Example


    Belief in evolution will lead to mass genocide.




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