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Your instructor will choose the discussion question and post it as the first post in the discussion forum. Answer all the questions in the prompt, and read any resources that are required to complete the discussion properly.
Guided Response: In addition to your original post, post a minimum of three responses for a total of at least four posts. At least two responses must be to your classmates; the third response could be to a classmate or your instructor. Be sure to post on three separate days throughout the week to promote further engagement and discussion. Each response should be a minimum of 75 words.
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COLLAPSE SUBDISCUSSIONSarah Floersheimer
Sarah Floersheimer
Nov 23, 2019Nov 23 at 8:23pm
Appeals to authority
One of the most common and important argument forms is the appeal to authority. For this discussion, you will discuss this argument form, as well as how to use it to improve your reasoning and your life.
In your initial post:
Give three examples of appeals to authority (they can be from real sources or experiences, or you can make them up). One should be very strong, one very weak, and one in the middle. Evaluate the quality of each.
Provide an example of a time in which you or someone you know was fooled by trusting a source that turned out to be unreliable.
Provide another paragraph or two in which you discuss appeals to authority in general, by addressing some of these types of questions: How do we know which sources are reliable and trustworthy? Do you find that there are some types of sources of which people are too trusting? How might we learn to display the proper amount of skepticism and trust in relation to sources? Are people too trusting of media sources, and is there a way to overcome these tendencies? How can we make sure those are the best sources and not be deceived by deceptive ones?