Fallacies, ethos, logos, and pathos

The Fallacy that i have chosen is called the fallacy of the single cause. It blames one item, person, or thing (like a scapegoat) for something that is way to complex. This example is from politics, and its about President Obama's Healthcare.


"President Obama blames modern media for what he considers to be misinformation about healthcare. If it weren't for Fox News, talk radio, and bloggers, he implies, everyone would be embracing his healthcare initiative with open arms. On the other side of the aisle, I'm sure there are several people who believe that, if it weren't for those very same things, Obama wouldn't have gotten elected. These kinds of arguments fail to take into consideration a whole spectrum of things that contribute to current events. While modern media might share some blame for how things have turned out, they are likely only responsible for a tiny percentage of it. Besides, any such argument is an ignoratio elenchi, in that whomever is to blame is beside the point."


What this implies is that while many people will blame one cause, when in reality it is actually a numerous amount of causes that are responsible for it. People look to blame one thing because it is easier that way. This is a fallacy because to people this argument sounds reasonable. It has become the common thing for the President to be responsible for all of the United States problems. However this argument is deceptive, the President is not the only responsible one, he possible cant be the only one, he doesn't have the power.


King Henry's V speech has many examples of ethos, pathos, and logos. 
The first example of ethos is when Henry says, "Defy us to our worst: for, as I am a soldier, A name that in my thoughts becomes me best." This is ethos because he establishing trust by saying he is a soldier, one who cares and sacrifices for his country. The second example of ethos is when Henry says, " I will not leave the half-achieved Harfleur till in her ashes she lie buried." This is an example of ethos because he is showing that he an honest, caring, and loving man.


The first example of pathos is where Henry says, "We may as bootless spend our vain command upon the enraged soldiers in their spoil as send precepts to the leviathan to come ashore." This is pathos because he is using a strong appeal to emotion to get his point across. The second example of pathos is where Henry says, " if not, why, in a moment look to see the blind and bloody soldier with foul hand defile the locks of your shrill-shrieking daughters." This sentence paints a pretty foul picture to the people of the town. Henry is telling them what could happen if they do not surrender, and his words are meant to connect to the emotional bond between families. This is why it is an example of Pathos.


The first example of logos is where Henry says, "Take pity of your town and of your people, whiles yet my soldiers are in my command; whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace O'erblows the filthy and contagious clouds of heady murder, spoil and villany." This is an example of Logos because he is saying by logic if you do not surrender, we are going to raid and murder your village. The second example of logos is   when King Henry says, "and their most reverend heads dash'd to the walls, your naked infants spitted upon pikes, whiles the mad mothers with their howls confused do break the clouds, as did the wives of Jewry At Herod's bloody-hunting slaughtermen. What say you? will you yield, and this avoid, or, guilty in defence, be thus destroy'd? The logical argument is the same, horrible things are going to happen to your families unless you surrender.