Applied Ethics - a Public Defender Application

Logical Fallacies.
I - Hasty Generalization
"All the kids in this neighborhood are thugs, they've all committed some crime; they should all be thrown in jail."
"We women have to stick together is this male oriented job."
The first quote is a hasty generalization fallacy made by the storeowner. He makes an illogical assumption that all the neighborhood kids are criminals probably based off of other bad experiences with local youths. The second quote also generalizes that if women don't stick together the men will eat them alive. …