Question

Choose one example of a logical fallacy in the Declaration of Sentiments and write a short paragraph that explains why it is evident in the debate.

Answer 1

It has its roots in a dispute over seating.Strangely enough, the struggle for women’s rights and, eventually, women’s suffrage in America began with a blowup over seating. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott met when they were whisked off to a roped-off, women’s-only seating section at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention.

Answer 2

The whole Declaration of Sentiments treats all men as having one single behavior and treats all men as he.

Which is both considered a fallacy of association

1. X is true for A

2. A is a man

3. B is a man, therefore, X is true for B

and mostly, a Hasty Generalization, which consists the following reasoning:

1. X is true for A

2. X is true for B

3. Therefore, X is true for C, D, E...

Both are logical fallacies and untrue.

The first one is clearly flawed since B being a man doesn't mean that X is true for B. Same logic is followed in to debunk the other fallacy since the truth can be a different one for each individual.