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The following is a simplified example of Ad Hominem
1: Person x believes claim Y
2: Person x is bad
Conclusion: Claim Y is bad
Explain why Ad Hominem is fallacy.
Is the following an example of Ad Hominem, and why?
Joe Blogs was fired from his last job for stealing company funds. Furthermore, he has fraud on his criminal record. We therefore should not support his claim that he would make a good minister of parliament.
What does the Latin phrase
"argumentum ad hominem"
translate to?
