Genetic Fallacy

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Definition

The genetic fallacy is committed when an claim is either accepted or rejected because of its source, rather than its merit.

Eugenics was pioneered in Germany during the war. Therefore eugenics is a bad thing.

Saying that something should not be used now because it had bad connotations in the past is not a sound argument.

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