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AS A LOGICAL ARGUMENT A fallacious Logical Argument based on ''argumentum ad baculum'' generally has the following Argument Form : :If x does not accept P as true, then Q. :Q is a punishment on x. :Therefore, P is true. In other words, ''This is right because if you do not believe it, you will be beaten up.'' This form of argument is an Informal Fallacy , because the attack Q may not necessarily reveal anything about the Truth Value of the Premise P. This fallacy has been identified since the Middle Ages by many Philosopher s. This is a special case of '' Argumentum Ad Consequentiam '', or "appeal to consequences". Examples
AS A NON-LOGICAL ARGUMENT A similar but non-logical argument has roughly the following form: :If x does not accept P as true, then Q. :Q is a punishment on x. :Therefore, x should accept P to avoid Q. This is not a Logical Argument , but a Rhetorical one. The truth of the conclusion, which addresses the ''benefit'' of a course of action, cannot be determined from the truth of the premises. Logic does not address subjective concepts such as practicality or Ethics . Examples
:Youth in the United States who opposed the Vietnam War were told that they should not hold such a view, because they would face Discrimination from potential employers. While this argument provides a reason to keep an anti-war opinion private, it does not address whether an anti-war stance is logically correct or incorrect.
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