Consider the following argument: "Many leading Native American scholars have argued in favor of affirmative action. However, some of these scholars may have personally benefited from affirmative action policies. Therefore, their arguments should be ignored." Which of the following fallacies has been committed in this argument?
A. the fallacy of look who's talking
B. the fallacy of two wrongs make a right
C. the fallacy of attacking the motive
D. None of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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A) strawperson B) black and white C) hasty generalization D) analogy
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a) Killing ends the possibility that the being can experience whatever further good life holds. b) Killing evinces a lack of respect for the being's autonomy. c) Killing is against the Biblical injunction not to kill. d) Killing violates the Hippocratic Oath.
Although worshipped by the Romans, the god Mithras originates from which Near Eastern culture?
A. Babylon B. Medea C. Persia D. None of these answers is correct.