Monday, November 26, 2012

Fallacies: Gandhi's Speech

Fallacies from Mahatma Gandhi's famous speech at Kingsley Hall in 1931:

"That law then which governs all life is God. "
This could fall under many fallacy categories, such as fallacy of ignorance or misinterpreting the evidence. We can't prove that God does not exist, but that does not mean that He exists. Also, no examples are given to support this conclusion. 

"And is this power benevolent or malevolent?"
This fallacy is that it is possible for the power to be something other than just benevolent or malevolent, so it's a false dilemma.

"I see it as purely benevolent, for I can see that in the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists." 
This fallacy is a misinterpretation of evidence, because one could say that while "in the midst of death life persists," but that evidence could also be interpreted as "in the midst of life death persists". 

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