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Fallacy Assessment 1
Fallacy Assessment 1
Politician One: I am opposed to a complete firearm ban and advocate for stricter regulation
instead.
Politician Two: My opponent does not care about our children’s lives.
Strawmam fallacy
Person 1: I promise to balance the budget in my first year as governor!
Person 2: She promises to balance the budget, but she couldn’t be smart enough because she
never ran a business.
Ad hominem fallacy
Colin Closet asserts that if we allow same-sex couples to marry, then the next thing we know
we'll be allowing people to marry their parents, their cars and even monkeys.
Slippery slope fallacy
The Egypt president says Nile is the life of Egyptians, therefore the war between Ethiopia and
Egypt is going to be started
Appeal to authority fallacy
I have a right to free speech so I can say what I want and you shouldn't try to stop me.
Begging the question fallacy
Mary wore her favorite necklace today and aced her spelling test. That necklace must be lucky.
Pos hoc fallacy
If you give a man a gun, he may kill someone. If he has no gun, then he will not kill anyone.
I have the right to watch "The Real World." Therefore it's right for me to watch the show.
Equivocation fallacy