Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."Sure, driving after you've been drinking can get you into trouble with the law, but if you're careful and stay in control I don't think there's anything wrong with it. What makes something like that wrong is endangering others; so as long as you haven't drunk enough to impair your control, you aren't doing anything wrong."

What will be an ideal response?


This is interesting. Regarding the issue of whether drinking and driving will get you into trouble with the law, the whole thing is irrelevant-an irrelevant conclusion. But stating that driving after drinking moderately is not wrong because it does not endanger others (and perhaps should not be against the law) is an argument. Given that most or at least many people find it difficult to tell when they've had too much to drink, it isn't a very good argument.

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