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IS 100 Spring 2021: Homework Assignment 3 on Fallacies and Judging Arguments- Chapter 5 Faulty Reasoning
Directions: Determine which Fallacy is being used.
1. __________________________-Incest must be immoral, because people all over the world for many centuries have seen it as immoral.
2. __________________________ -Not believing in the monster under the bed because you have yet to see it.
3. __________________________-Every player in the NHL is wealthy; therefore, the NHL must be a wealthy organization.
4. __________________________-The US Republican Party platform states that abortion is wrong and should be illegal. Therefore, every Republican must believe that abortion is wrong and should be illegal.
5. __________________________-My Grandfather drank a bottle of whiskey and smoked three cigars a day, and he lived to be 95 years old. Therefore, daily smoking and drinking cannot be that bad for you.
6. __________________________-It’s always wrong to murder human beings. Capital punishment involves murdering human beings. Therefore, capital punishment is wrong.
7. __________________________-All of the statements in Smith’s book Crab People Walk
Among Us are true. Why, he even says in the preface that his book only contains true statements and firsthand stories.
8. __________________________-A feather is light; whatever is light cannot be dark; therefore, a feather cannot be dark.
9. __________________________-Not believing the Titanic sank because no one saw it hit the bottom.
10. __________________________-Either you help us kill the zombies, or you love them.
11. __________________________-The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters complain that corporations and their money control Washington. But how can we take them seriously when their camps are messy, disorganized, with homeless people and drug addicts now living with them, and they are making life hell for the shop owners in their area?
IS 100 Spring 2021: Homework Assignment 3 on Fallacies and Judging Arguments- Chapter 5 Faulty Reasoning
12. _____________________________-The Leader of the Opposition is against the purchase of new submarines and helicopters. Clearly he is okay with our country being defenseless and open to invasion by our enemies. He also obviously hates our country. So, be ready to learn a new language and give up all our freedoms!
13. __________________________But this was to be expected given he studied only philosophy in university, not business, and he never even held down a regular job.
14. __________________________-We have turkey for Thanksgiving dinner and duck for Christmas dinner every year, because that is how my parents and grandparents did it, so it’s the right thing to do.
15. __________________________- There is intelligent life on Neptune, for sure. Science has not found any evidence that there isn’t life there.
16. __________________________-Eating quinoa daily is a healthy thing everyone is doing, so it must be the right choice.
17. __________________________-Why should I listen to you when you tell me to stop drinking? You’re the biggest drunk I know!
18. ___________________________ Incest must be immoral, because people all over the world for many centuries have seen it as immoral.
Part II
1. Define Red Herring.
2. Create a simple argument for Red Herring.
3. Define Slippery slope.
4. Create a simple argument for Slippery Slope.