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Best Answer: Faulty reasoning is when a person assumes something is fact based on other facts. That is faulty reasoning. Whenever the deduction is based on half-truths, invalid theories, etc...that leads to faulty reasoning. Hope that makes sense, been a few years since I took Philosophy.
Clearly, motivated reasoning is emotion driven. It seems to be assumed by social scientists that motivated reasoning is driven by a desire to avoid cognitive dissonance. Self-delusion, in other words, feels good, and that's what motivates people to vehemently defend obvious falsehoods.