Ethics and Values / Unit 1 Ethics 005 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Feeling-as-Reason Error
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The idea
A strong feeling about an action is a fact about the one who feels it, not evidence about the action.
In practice
A juror finds the defendant repulsive and votes guilty on the repulsion. The vote reports the juror's stomach and nothing about the case.
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