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1) Kuwait should not depend on oil

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1) Kuwait should not depend on oil. Brad Pitt recently said that an oil economy is no longer profitable.

a.  Slippery slope.

b.  No fallacy.

c.  Appeal to unqualified authority

d.  Missing the point.

e.  Appeal to pity.

f.   Red herring.

 

2.  You should not rescue that child from the burning house because children should be seen and not heard. 

       a. No fallacy.

       b. Accident.

       c. Appeal to unqualified authority.

       d. Formal fallacy.

       e. Appeal to the people.

 

3.  You should not be an atheist. Atheists burn in hell.

       a. Appeal to force.

       b. Missing the point.

       c. Appeal to pity.

       d. No fallacy.

       e. Argument against the person, circumstantial.

 

4. Dr. John F. Beary III, director of the Georgetown University Medical Group, argues that physical exams should be given to people under age 40 every other year and to those over 40 annually. 'People take their car in for servicing every few months without complaint,' he says. 'Why shouldn't they take similar care of their bodies. [U.S. News & World Report, August 11, 1986

     

     a.  Appeal to pity.

     b.  No fallacy.

     c.  Appeal to ignorance.

     d.  Weak analogy.

     e.  False cause.

     f.   Formal fallacy.

 

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Answer:

  1. Appeal to unqualified authority.
  2.  Formal fallacy.
  3. Appeal to force.
  4. Appeal to ignorance.

Explanation:

  1. Appeal to unqualified authority. Brad Pitt is a producer and an actor so her probably does not know much about oil.
  2. Formal fallacy. The conclusion does not follow from the premises hence the argument is invalid.
  3. Appeal to force. The listener is threatened on what will happen if they do not follow what they are told.
  4. Appeal to ignorance. people car more about their cars than they do with their bodies.

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