, 5/6/23, 2:08 D265 Section 4
AM (Fallacies)
False dilemma/Black and
White Slippery slope
Ad Populum
Burden
Shifting
5.
During the 2012 Presidential debate, Mitt Romney and Barrack Obama
were asked what their presidencies would do to "limit the availability of
assault weapons." Obama answered first, and talked about how it was
important to "make sure young people have opportunity" and for our
"schools to be working." Romney answered second, and talked about
how important it was "for young people to get married before they had
babies... because [when this happens] the prospect of living in poverty
goes down dramatically." What fallacy are these responses examples of?
Appeal to
Consequences Hasty
Generalization
Straw
Figure Red
Herring
6.
"God exists because the Bible says so, and you can trust the Bible
because it was inspired by God." What fallacy is this an example of?
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