Ten Commandments of Logic

We all need some credos to live by.  You have probably heard of the Ten Commandments from the Bible but are there a set of ideals that anyone, regardless of religious affiliation or non-affiliation, can live by?

Here is a list that may help you live by your “Higher Self”.  Follow these commandments and see how your interactions with others are changed.

Ten Commandments of Logic

1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument itself (Ad hominem)
2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy)
3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty generalization)
4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is true. (Begging the question)
5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before, it must be the cause. (Post Hoc/False cause)
6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (False dichotomy)
7. Thou shall not argue that because of our ignorance, claim must be true or false. (Ad ignorantum)
8. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him that is questioning the claim. (Burden of proof reversal)
9. Thou shall not assume “this” follows “that” when it has no logical connection. (Non sequitur)
10. Thou shall not claim that because a premise is popular, therefore it must be true. (Bandwagon fallacy)