An appeal to emotion in an argument is just a premise that pretty much says, you should believe or do something because you feel a certain way. There are three different types of appeals... Appeal to fear, appeal to spite, and appeal to vanity. Out of the three different types the one that sticks out to me is the appeal to fear and that is the topic I will be discussing today.
Appealing to fear is a way politicians and advertisers manipulate people. If you were to appeal to someone's fear, you would include premises in an argument that would put fear in to a person, in order for them to believe or do something you want them to do. In a way, this is kind of a type of bullying. I think when you purposely attempt to strike fear in to somebody, then that is a bit cruel. Here is an example of appealing to fear...
If you were in jail and a guy says to you, " Hey you need a body guard in here so you should pay me to be your bodyguard. If you don't, then I won't help you when all of the gangsters beat you up." This can be considered appealing to fear because the guy manipulated you in to paying him to be your bodyguard because he made you scared by saying you would get beat up.
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