Appeals to pity are fallacious when the question is purely factual

Evidence

However, if the question under consideration is a factual issue—whether the defendant committed the crime charged or whether the parties agreed to a contract—an appeal to pity is irrelevant; it simply deflects attention away from the facts. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1039

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1039
• XREF: connects to: Appeals to pity are fallacies only when they are irrelevant to the decision type — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1038; Appeals to inflammatory hypotheticals constitute the argumentum ad populum fallacy — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1062; Judicial rules should not be applied to dryly logical extremes — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 144

Library Connections

• Judicial rules should not be applied to dryly logical extremes #complicates (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 144

Broader Connections

• Appeals to inflammatory hypotheticals constitute the argumentum ad populum fallacy #expands (0.75) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1062