Appeal to Consequences例文は"若い地球の創造論者"Dr. Henry M. Morrisによる1972年の作品だが、これは今も昔も使われている論。
Appeal to Consequences of a Belief
Argumentum ad Consequentiam
Forms (形式)
(Belief in) p leads to good consequences.
(Where the good consequences are irrelevant to the truth of p.)
Therefore, p is true.
P(を信じること)は良い結果につながる
(Pが正しいことと、良い結果は無関係だが)
従って、Pは正しい。
(Belief in) p leads to bad consequences.
(Where the bad consequences are irrelevant to the falsity of p.)
Therefore, p is false.
P(を信じること)は悪い結果につながる
(Pが間違っていることと、悪い結果は無関係だが)
従って、Pは間違っている。
Example(例):
…I want to list seventeen summary statements which, if true, provide abundant reason why the reader should reject evolution and accept special creation as his basic world-view. …
もし本当なら、基本的な世界観として進化論を拒否し、特殊創造論を受け入れるべきだという十分な理由となる17の概要リストを示したい。
13. Belief in special creation has a salutary influence on mankind, since it encourages responsible obedience to the Creator and considerate recognition of those who were created by Him. …
創造主への責任ある服従と、創造主によって創造された人々へ優しさを促すので、特殊創造を信じることは、人類に良い影響をもたらす。
16. Belief in evolution and animal kinship leads normally to selfishness, aggressiveness, and fighting between groups, as well as animalistic attitudes and behaviour by individuals.
進化論および動物との類縁関係を信じることは、利己性と攻撃性と集団化の戦いと動物的態度と行動につながる。
Source: Henry M. Morris, The Remarkable Birth of Planet Earth (Creation-Life Publishers, 1972), pp. vi-viii.
ただし、Dr. Henry M. Morrisほど明瞭な形をとらず、「P(を信じること)は悪い結果につながる」だけを連呼する形式が多い。Mark Isaakによる創造論者の主張リストにはこれに相当する項目がある:
CA000: Ethics
CA001. Evolution is the foundation of an immoral worldview.
CA001.1. Crime rates etc. have increased since evolution began to be taught.
CA002. Survival of the fittest implies might makes right.
CA002.1. Evolution leads to social Darwinism.
CA002.2. Marx admired and corresponded with Darwin.
CA005. Evolution is racist.
CA005.1. Darwin himself was racist.
CA005.2. Darwin's work refers to "preservation of favoured races".
CA005.3. T. H. Huxley was racist.
CA006. Evolution encourages eugenics.
CA006.1. Hitler based his views on Darwinism.
CA006.2. Stalin's policies were influenced by Darwin.
CA008. Evolution encourages promiscuity and lust.
CA009. Evolution teaches that we are animals and to behave as such.
CA010. Homosexuality receives approval from evolutionists.
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