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 I don't think there's anything wrong with it. After all, everyone does it, right?

What will be an ideal response?


Mistaken appeal to common practice.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Christian morality is a threat to the development of the full

potential of humanity, according to Nietzsche.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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_________ refers to the statement that the maker of the argument is seeking to show to be true or probably true.

A. Qualifier B. Reason C. Warrant D. Claim

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Some argue further that the freedom of the one system (the politics of democracy)

encourages the freedom of the other (economics of __________). a. negative liberty b. positive liberty c. free markets d. capitalism

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