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.Did you ever notice how the people who favor abortion on demand are the same people who are against the death penalty? How inconsistent can you get?
What will be an ideal response?
Inconsistency ad hominem.
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According to the text, the general principle we should use in deciding whether to accept an unsupported claim is ________.
A. the credibility principle B. the justification principle C. the warrant principle D. the principle of rational acceptance
Both Plato and Aristotle found art useful and valuable in Athenian society
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following best captures the point of Prinz's paper?
a. Moral attitudes are based on moral emotions. b. Moral judgments have an emotional foundation. c. All of these choices d. Emotions can sway our moral judgments.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. After spending an entire day fishing, Terry came back with a large minnow. But every minnow is a fish. Therefore, Terry came back with a large fish
A) Appeal to ignorance. B) Argument against the person, abusive. C) Equivocation. D) No fallacy. E) Amphiboly.