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Essay Phi 103

Satisfactory Essays

1.
Question :
Mom: “You shouldn’t have soaped the Crawford’s house Tommy.” Tommy: “But Jimmy Crawford soaped our house last month.”

Student Answer:

Two wrongs make a right

Argument from force

Rationalization

Peer Pressure

No Fallacy

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Question 2.
Question :
“If I give this homeless person a dollar then I’ll have to give the next guy a dollar and so forth … I’ll end up broke!”

Student Answer:

Ad hominem

Slippery slope

Burden of Proof

False Dilemma

No Fallacy

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Question 3.
Question :
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Question :
“Ice cream is bad because it’s unhealthy.”

Student Answer:

Poisoning the Well

Ad hominem abusive

Begging the Question

False Dilemma

No Fallacy

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Question 14.
Question :
“I don’t think that we should bomb innocent people in order to steal their oil.”

Student Answer:

Objectivism

Hasty Generalization

Straw Man

Appeal to the majority

No Fallacy

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Question 15.
Question :
My father always only bought Ford cars. He said they were the best cars ever. So I only buy Fords.

Student Answer:

Non sequitur

Ad Hominem

Post Hoc

Appeal to inadequate authority

No Fallacy

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Question 16.
Question :
Marcia: “I think Tiger Woods is the best golfer of our day.” Minji: “Gimme a break. Anybody who would cheat on his wife and family with hundreds of women is a monster.”

Student Answer:

Argument by force

Ad hominem

Peer pressure argument

Rationalizing

No Fallacy

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Question 17.
Question :
Radio Announcer: “I’ll tell you what, I am appalled that this new bill about the economy is even being looked at by Congress! The

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