Abolishing all kinds of social welfare programs

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1. If a person says that capital punishment is wrong because two wrongs don't make aright, this person is

a. making a fallacious Ad Hominem argument.

b. committing the Fallacy of Begging the Question (Circular Reasoning).

c. making a valid sampling argument.d. making a Modus Ponens argument.

2. If you say that a new comedy group being formed will be funny because all of thepeople who will be members of the group are funny you are

a. making a valid Ad Hominem argument.

b. making an invalid Ad Hominem argument.

c. committing the Fallacy of Composition.d. making a valid sampling argument.

3. If someone asks whether government policy should favor the rich or favor the poor,they are

a. committing the Fallacy of Unrepresentative Sample

b. making a fallacious Ad Hominem Argument).

c. doing nothing wrong logically.d. committing the Fallacy of False Dichotomy.

4. If your opponent says that abolishing one kind of social welfare program will lead toabolishing all kinds of social welfare programs, and you insist that this is not the case,because there is a difference between the kind you want to abolish and the others, you areclaiming that your opponent is

a. making a False Slippery Slope Argument.

b. making a fallacious Ad Hominem Argument.

c. making a valid sampling argument

d. making a Modus Ponens argument.

5. If you say that no one has proved that there is no such thing as Extrasensory Perception(ESP), and you conclude that there is such a thing, you have

a. made an invalid Appeal to Authority.

b. made an Argument from Ignorance,.

c. made an Appeal to Irrelevant Popularity.

d. Made an Appeal to Irrelevant Emotion.

6. If a person says that the Bible is true because it is the word of God, and we know that itis the word of God because the Bible says so, this person is

a. making a fallacious Ad Hominem argument.

b. committing the Fallacy of Begging the Question (Circular Reasoning).

c. making a valid sampling argument.

d. making a Modus Ponens argument.

7. If you are debating someone who proposes reducing a government spending programand you say that abolishing the program would be a bad thing, then you are

a. making a fallacious Ad Hominem Argument.

b. making a Straw Person Argument.

c. making a valid sampling argument.

d. making a Modus Ponens argument.

8. If someone asks whether government policy should be pro-business or anti-business,this person is

a. committing the Fallacy of False Dichotomy

b. committing the Fallacy of Begging the Question (Circular Reasoning).

c. making a valid sampling argument.

d. making a Modus Tollens argument.

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