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What is a Argument from final Consequences logical fallacy? And what are the classic examples?

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Examples:

  1. There must be life elsewhere in the universe, otherwise the universe would be a lonely and unappealing place.
  2. Science must be able to explain everything we see. If it can't we could never really be sure of anything.
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The New England Skeptical Society wrote up a great document about the Top 20 Logical Fallacies at http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx. For Agrument from Final Consequences, they wrote:

Such arguments (also called teleological) are based on a reversal of cause and effect, because they argue that something is caused by the ultimate effect that it has, or purpose that is serves. For example: God must exist, because otherwise life would have no meaning.

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the world would be a better place if people everyone knew what this means so we should teach them

would be an example

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