Walton's Scare Tactics Arguments that Appeal to Fear and Threats

Abstract

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Fear Appeal Arguments -- 2. Ad Baculum in the Logic Textbooks -- 3. Ad Baculum in Argumentation Today -- 4. The Speech Act of Making a Threat -- 5. The New Theory of the Underlying Structure of Fear and Threat Appeal Arguments -- 6. Questions of Classification -- 7. Evaluation of Cases. Bibliography.