Bad appeal to common belief is one of the many content fallacies that can be found in Epstein’s text. The overall meaning of this fallacy is that the reason why most people do something, even if it is bad, is because they see others doing it which causes them to think that it is acceptable to do the same. Since the action is believed to be acceptable, society carries on with their daily life performing that action without any guiltily feeling left at the end of the day. One example that can be seen just about every day is swearing. Swearing under any circumstance is not okay, however, the majority of the population swears on a daily basis. Because everyone swears, society automatically thinks that it is alright for them to do the same. However, most people take serious offense to this because they see it as a disrespectful way to talk to someone.
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