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.Yeah, sure the Los Angeles district attorney believes that O. J. Simpson got a fair trial. But before you sign on to something like that, you might notice that O. J. is a black man and that the Los Angeles district attorney is a white man. That tells you all you need to know about his opinion of fair trials.
What will be an ideal response?
Ad hominem (circumstantial).
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a. commentary c. the Islamic priesthood b. ritual d. a form of jihad
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______ believed that one had a duty to make right choices regardless of the consequences.
Fill in the blank with the correct words.
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Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” is a classic. Discuss some of life lessons that can be
learned from this reading
What will be an ideal response?
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The Socratic dialectic is an especially moving speech, one that raises powerful emotions.
a. true b. false
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