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Appeal to emotion is a fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient's emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument.  
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An '''appeal to emotion''' is a [[fallacy]] which uses the manipulation of the recipient's [[emotion]]s, rather than valid [[logic]], to win an argument.  
 
The 'Appeal to Emotion' fallacy assumes that truth and positive emotions are aligned. [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchangingminds.org%2Fdisciplines%2Fargument%2Ffallacies%2Fappeal_emotion.htm&ei=rQQbSc7zHISc8QTa0KShDg&usg=AFQjCNEWxTpRinRCmLKgh_P_3SK0Y-TPZQ&sig2=n9fq1yjEoskJBhL2-NS3Fg]
 
The 'Appeal to Emotion' fallacy assumes that truth and positive emotions are aligned. [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchangingminds.org%2Fdisciplines%2Fargument%2Ffallacies%2Fappeal_emotion.htm&ei=rQQbSc7zHISc8QTa0KShDg&usg=AFQjCNEWxTpRinRCmLKgh_P_3SK0Y-TPZQ&sig2=n9fq1yjEoskJBhL2-NS3Fg]
    
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
*[http://www.fallacyfiles.org/emotiona.html Emotional Appeal] - from the Fallacy Files
 
*[http://www.fallacyfiles.org/emotiona.html Emotional Appeal] - from the Fallacy Files
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