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.Gays in the military? Yes. Maybe you favor excluding everyone except for white Anglo-Saxon males with adolescent personalities, but not me.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Straw man.

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Plato includes among the possible candidates for the good such things as:

a. pleasur e. b. knowledg e. c. virtu e. d. both a and b. e. none of these choices.

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The idea that anything that exists has an explanation is the __________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The bible speaks of two "paths" I'm life, the way of the ________ and the way of the wicked

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."I'm sure he makes great music, judging from his latest song."

What will be an ideal response?

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