QUESTION 29 It would be a mistake to provide new gloves to the school\'s basebal

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QUESTION 29

It would be a mistake to provide new gloves to the school's baseball players. In no time the football players will want new equipment. Then the tennis players will want new courts, the hockey players will want a new arena, the swimmers will want a new pool, and the golfers will want their own special course. The costs for these facilities will go through the roof

Composition

Equivocation

Accident

Slippery Slope

No fallacy

10 points   

QUESTION 30

George likes chocolate truffles, and he also likes Tabasco sauce. Therefore he would certainly like some chocolate truffles topped with Tabasco sauce

Accident

Appeal to pity

Hasty generalization

Begging the question

Composition

10 points   

QUESTION 31

Professor Smith, of course you agree that all of us deserve an excellent grade in this class. Because if you don't, you'll get rotten evaluations at the end of the semester, and as a result, you may be denied tenure

Complex question

Division

Appeal to pity

Appeal to force

No fallacy

10 points   

QUESTION 32

Dog owners have asked that they be allowed to bring their pets to the beach. This request will have to be denied. If dogs are allowed on the beach, then soon we will have horses and cows. Before long there will be sheep, goats, pigs and chickens. All that potential food will attract the owners of jaguars, lions and tigers. In the end, the beach will be a war zone.

False dichotomy

Suppressed evidence

Begging the question

Slippery slope

Composition

Composition

Equivocation

Accident

Slippery Slope

No fallacy

Explanation / Answer

29. Slippery slope as a small action would lead to absurd consequences

30. Composition as it states because he likes the 2 things he would like them together

31. Appeal to force as the force is used on students

32. Suppressed evidence as the relevant information of lions and togers cant be pets is ignored

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