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Appeal to Force (fallacy)

Argumentum ad Baculum

In Logic, Appeal to Force is an informal fallacy of weak relevance. This fallacy occurs when someone implicitly or explicitly threatens the reader/listener as a justification for accepting their conclusion.

For example, suppose a manager said to an employee, “You should choose to work more overtime at the same rate of pay. After all, you wouldn’t want to loose your job, would you?”


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