What are fallacious arguments?
What will be an ideal response
Fallacies are deceptive arguments, which appear to be logical but turn out not on closer analysis not to demonstrate their conclusions.
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Identify which of the following fallacies the following example illustrates. Choose the best answer from the list offered. Every instance of human activity can be explained in terms of self-interest. Even acts which seem to be the kindest of gestures with great self-sacrifice, such as displayed by Mother Theresa or Nelson Mandella, are acts of personal greed if you look at it right. For instance,
how do we know Mother Theresa doesn't do what she does to get into Heaven, and Mandella really just wants to be famous and respected? This shows that people are basically egoist and only concerned with their own well-being. a. Faulty Analogy b. Arguing Ad Ignorantiam c. Arguing from Invincible Ignorance d. Jumping from Correlation to Cause e. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc f. Bad Base Line g. Only Game in Town
The Muslim community established the shari'ah
a. to purify social and political life. b. to subjugate women. c. to subjugate nonbelievers. d. to purify the Qur'an.
When an employee’s interests are likely to interfere with the employee’s ability to exercise proper judgment on behalf
of the organization, what exists?
a. a golden opportunity b. a conflict of interest c. a balance of power d. a disaster
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The first wave of Sikh immigrants to North America arrived around 1900. 2. The turban is often thought by non-Sikhs to be one of the 5Ks, but the K is what it covers, uncut hair. 3. The main practice of Sikhism is to defend the faith and its people. 4. Sikhs do not believe in reincarnation.