Appeal to Heaven: (also Deus Vult, Gott mit Uns, Manifest Destiny, the Special Covenant).(E.g., 'Society would be protected, crime would be deterred and justice served if we sentence you to life without parole, but we need to execute you in order to provide some sense of closure.') (See also 'Argument from Ignorance,' 'Argument from Consequences.') The contemporary fallacy that an argument, standpoint, action or conclusion must be accepted, no matter how questionable, or else the point will remain unsettled and those affected will be denied 'closure.' This refuses to recognize the truth that some points will indeed remain unsettled, perhaps forever. Also applies to cases where valid opposing evidence and arguments are brushed aside without comment or consideration, as simply not worth arguing about. E.g., 'He's so evil that you can't believe anything he says.' See also Guilt by Association. Ad Hominem Argument: Also, 'personal attack,' 'poisoning the well.' The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument by attacking the opposition’s personal character or reputation, using a corrupted negative argument from ethos.Fallacies are not always deliberate, but a good scholar’s purpose is always to identify and unmask fallacies in arguments. Fallacies often seem superficially sound, and they far too often retain immense persuasive power even after being clearly exposed as false. Fallacies are fake or deceptive arguments, arguments that prove nothing.

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