Fallacy Summary
... A fallacy can be defined as a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning (Hyperdictionary, 2003, WordNet Dictionary section, 1). ... The first fallacy that will be discussed is hasty generalization. The fallacy of hasty generalization is committed when a person draws a conclusion about a population based on a sample that is not large enough (Nizkor Project, 2004, Description section, 1). ... This is a hasty generalization fallacy because the executives based their opinion of all of the assistants on the behavior of one assistant thus the sample was not large enough to draw an appropriate conclusion. ... It is clear in the example of the fallacy of hasty generalization above that a decision was made before thinking, investigating, and evaluating. The second fallacy that will be discussed is slippery slope. The slippery slope fallacy “is a fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question” (Nizkor Project, Description section, 1). ... It was obvious that when the decision of not letting her take off was made, critical thinking nor a decision-making process was not involved because the decision was based on one assumption, a fallacy, that if the management let one do something, then the entire organization would want to do it. ... The final fallacy that will be discussed is two wrongs make a right. “Two Wrongs Make a Right is a fallacy in which a person "justifies" an action against a person by asserting that the person would do the same thing to him/her (Nizkor Project, Description section, 1).