http://freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Common_Practice&feed=atom&action=history Appeal to Common Practice - Revision history 2024-03-29T07:58:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.5 http://freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Common_Practice&diff=1904&oldid=prev Pile at 16:04, 2 November 2007 2007-11-02T16:04:24Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Definition:''' An action, which has its validity resting on the common practice of its use, is correct.<br /> <br /> '''General Information:''' The common practice of an action has no bearing on its stance of morality.<br /> <br /> '''Fallacy Structure:'''<br /> <br /> 1) Z is a common action<br /> <br /> 2) Therefor, Z is correct, moral, justified, reasonable, etc.<br /> <br /> '''Example:'''<br /> <br /> Person A: Muhammad was not a child molester because it was common practice to have sexual relations with females at a young age 1400 years ago in the middle-east.<br /> <br /> --[[User:Raymanbrint|Raymanbrint]] 12:11, 16 July 2007 (CDT)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[category:logical fallacies]]</div> Pile