"If we accept Copernicus's view that Earth is not the center of the universe, we also have to accept that there's nothing special about our planet

But if that's so, then there may be nothing really special about us either! Thus life itself might be without value. Why should we care, then, about anything at all? Thus we must reject Copernicus's view" commits the fallacy of A) slippery slope B) equivocation C) amphiboly D) composition E) division


A

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