Johnny is running for president of his local chess club. In his campaign speech,
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Johnny is running for president of his local chess club. In his campaign speech, Johnny says, "If we let Billy be president, then he will get to make important decisions. If that happens, then the game of chess as you now know it will no longer exist! Johnny will turn chess into nothing more than Tic-Tac-Toe and the world will crumble into chaos and anarchy!" Which of the following fallacies has Johnny committed? Genetic Fallacy Begging the Question Slippery Slope Fallacy Affirming the ConsequentExplanation / Answer
Description of Genetic Fallacy
A Genetic Fallacy is a line of "reasoning" in which a perceived defect in the origin of a claim or thing is taken to be evidence that discredits the claim or thing itself. It is also a line of reasoning in which the origin of a claim or thing is taken to be evidence for the claim or thing. This sort of "reasoning" has the following form:
Description of Slippery Slope
The Slippery Slope is a fallacy in which a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question. In most cases, there are a series of steps or gradations between one event and the one in question and no reason is given as to why the intervening steps or gradations will simply be bypassed. This "argument" has the following form:
From the given statement it is clear that it is slippery slope fallacy. here johnny asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event.
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