Phi 103

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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 :
TV Preacher: “You know…in the Old Testament God …show more content…

I think you’ll agree with me that I don’t want our nation to collapse because a bunch of sissies are worried about people who don’t care about our country anyway!

Student Answer:

Red Herring

Argument from Outrage

Wishful Thinking

Rhetorical Definition

No Fallacy

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Question 18.
Question :
Spouse: “I know that you get angry a lot. I’m sure that pretty soon you will hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused!

Student Answer:

Slippery Slope

Begging the Question

Red Herring

Scare Tactics

No Fallacy

Points Received:
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Question 19.
Question :
"If we legalize gay marriage, the whole world will decay morally."

Student Answer:

Appeal to emotion

Appeal to ignorance

Slippery Slope

Post Hoc

No fallacy

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Question 20.
Question :
July is the month during which more ice cream is sold than any other time of the year. This is also the month which has the highest crime rate. Therefore, to curb crime, we should ban sales of ice cream during July.

Student Answer:

Slippery Slope

Ad Hominem

Post Hoc

False

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