Examples Of Appeal To Force In 12 Angry Men - 744 Words

Twelve Angry Men Fallacies Appeal to Force The first fallacy is an example of an Appeal to Force (Ad Baculum). An Appeal to Force is simply threatening someone to try and make your argument stronger. The character from Twelve Angry Men who committed this fallacy was the Painter. The Painter said to the Father, â€Å"If you say something like that again, I’m gonna lay you out.† This is an Appeal to Force because the Painter threatened the Father to make him feel intimidated and stop arguing his point. The Painter did this because the Father was being disrespectful to the old man. What the Painter should have done is told the Father to stop being rude to the old man, and ask him to be respectful to his elders; everyone in a jury room should be†¦show more content†¦It is important to recognize Guilt by Association fallacies because, in the film the other jurors were persuaded to keep assuming the boy was guilty from the Stockbroker making a statement degrading the boy’s character just because of where he lived, and not based on actual evidence. After this, Baltimore stated that he grew up in a slum too and he didnt turn out to be a trouble to society. This statement helped to not persuade the jurors based on the Stockbrokers claims. 3. Appeal to Majority The third fallacy is an example of an Appeal to Majority (Ad Populum). An Appeal to Majority is using what you think the majority of people would use to win an argument. The character from Twelve Angry Men who committed this fallacy was the Old Man. The Old Man hesitated while voting on whether or not the boy was guilty or not guilty and, ended up voting guilty once he saw that ten out of the other eleven men in the room voted guilty. This is an example of an Appeal to Majority because, most people in the room voted for the boy to be guilty, so the Old Man decided that if everyone else was voting guilty then it must be the right choice, and he voted too. What he should have done is vote for what he truly believed was right instead of conforming to the rest of the groups beliefs. It is important to recognize Appeals to MajorityShow MoreRelatedEssay about The Power of Leadership in 12 Angry Men1477 Words   |  6 Pagespowerful pathogens – possessing equal communicability as they spread to proximal centers of consciousness. How can this characteristic of ideas be utilized to benefit society? 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