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Appeal to Emotion
Logical fallacySubstituting an emotional response for a reason. Emotions are often relevant to ethical questions; the fallacy lies in using feeling in place of an argument rather than alongside one.
An everyday example
“Think how disappointed your grandmother would be, so it must be the wrong decision.”
The same move in this debate
“Think how devastated farmers would be if everyone went vegan) so veganism must be wrong.”