false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180631225m/1059148.jpg 1059148 2 Appeal to pity has frequently been exploited with amazing success as a deceptive tactic of argumentation, so much so that it has traditionally been treated as a fallacy. Using a case study method, the author examines examples of appeals to pity and compassion in real arguments in order to classify, analyze, and evaluate the types of arguments used in these appeals. Among the cases studied are the controversial use of "poster kids" in the Jerry Lewis Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy and the "baby incubators story" deployed by a public relations firm to influence the decision to send U.S. forces into Kuwait during the Gulf War. In addition to the analyses of these and other case studies, this book provides, for the first time, precise guidelines and useful criteria with which to identify, analyze, and evaluate instances of the ad misericordiam argument. 1045724 6 1997 Appeal to Pity: Argumentum Ad Misericordiam (Suny Series in Logic and Language) total:1|3:1| 1 3 2 0 1059148 0791434621 9780791434628 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180631225m/1059148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1059148.Appeal_to_Pity_Argumentum_Ad_Misericordiam 3 0 false Wed Jan 23 17:50:36 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 17:50:36 -0800 2008 1059148 0791434621 9780791434628 1 0 3.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180631225m/1059148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1059148.Appeal_to_Pity_Argumentum_Ad_Misericordiam 0 0 false Fri Aug 03 21:00:09 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 21:00:09 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1059148