Pseudoreasoning like apple polishing, scare tactics and arguments are some type of rhetorical device that attempts to justify action. Pseudoreasoning is of two types those that are constructed like real argument and those that appeal in misguided fashion.
The rhetorical device that attempts to justify an action based on popular belief or participation is an argumentum ad populum. Argumentum ad populum is a logical fallacy, because popular opinion can often be wrong.
That would be called a "red herring" fallacy, an informal fallacy known as argumentum ad populum.
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A terrorist apologist is someone who makes excuses for terrorists and/or tries to justify their actions.
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In Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried," Kiowa tries to justify O'Brien's action of killing a man by suggesting that in war, one must make impossible choices and that survival often requires moral compromises. He understands the psychological burden that comes with such decisions, recognizing that they are often driven by fear and the instinct to protect oneself and one’s comrades. Kiowa emphasizes the complexity of war, where the lines between right and wrong are blurred, making it difficult to judge actions taken in extreme circumstances.
A rationalization fallacy occurs when someone tries to justify or defend a belief or action that is irrational or problematic by making up excuses or reasons that are not based on logic or evidence. It involves distorting facts or using faulty reasoning to make something seem more acceptable than it actually is.
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When Proctor tries to tell everyone about Abigal, then he is arrested. Another falling action would be Mercy and Abigal running away.
That will vary depending on the safing/arming system and the fusing system. Some devices equipped with Permissive Action Links (PALs) as part of the safing/arming system will cause the device to self destruct without a nuclear explosion if the correct arming codes are not entered within a limited number of tries. The chemical explosion that destroys the device will kill you unless you were using a remote mechanism to enter the codes.
In "Action Research" the researcher is part of the process under investigation; in "Experimental Research" the researcher tries not to influence the process.