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    Challenges→For an argument to be successful with a specific audience, its premises must be emotionally acceptable to that audience, not merely true.

    If emotional acceptability were a success condition, arguments that exploit affective bias—such as appeals to fear or tribal loyalty—would count as successful, which is normatively untenable.

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    Key Terms

    affective bias(as used in reasoning and decision-making)
    A tendency to be influenced by your emotions or feelings in a way that skews your judgment, rather than thinking clearly and objectively.
    appeals to fear(as used in identifying weak arguments)
    A persuasion technique that tries to convince someone by making them afraid, rather than by giving them good reasons.
    emotional acceptability(as used in argument evaluation)
    Whether something feels good or likeable to people, based on their feelings rather than on logical reasoning.
    normatively untenable(as used in evaluating philosophical conclusions)
    Something that shouldn't be accepted as a standard or rule because it goes against how things ought to work or what we value as right.
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    The standard or rule that determines whether something has achieved its goal or done what it's supposed to do.
    tribal loyalty(as used in examples of emotional manipulation)
    A strong sense of belonging and support for your own group (like a team or political party) that can cloud your judgment about what's actually true or right.

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