ETHICS - BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY FINAL 2022

What type of logical fallacy is presented:

Christine has a terrible experience with a boyfriend. She decides that all boys are mean.

• Hasty Generalization

• Ad Populum

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

What type of logical fallacy is presented:

Even though it's only the first day, I can tell this is going to be a boring course.

• Ad Hominem

• Hasty Generalization

• Red Herring

• Slippery Slope

What type of logical fallacy is presented:

If we allow the children to choose the movie this time, they are going to expect to be able to choose the school they go to or the doctors they visit.

• Ad Populum

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

What is the either/or fallacy?

• It is when the argument suggests that because a large number of people have adopted a solution we should, too.

• It is when we have to make a rushed conclusion without considering other sides of the argument.

• It is when we believe something is true just because it hasn't been disproven.

• It is when the argument suggests that there are only two options or potential outcomes

The authority fallacy is when:

• a large number of people have participated in something and the statistic is used to endorse the activity or product (example: a million Australians trying Oral B toothpaste)

• there are only two possible solutions to a problem and you must pick one (example: live where you can eat breakfast at McDonalds or live in a dictatorship)

• a celebrity or other source of authority is used to "endorse" your argument even though that celebrity/authority is not legitimately connected to the argument (example: Alex Trebek as a spokesperson for an insurance product)

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• scare tactics

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Identify the fallacy.

• either/or choices

• false authority

• faulty analogy

• circular reasoning

You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

• Non Sequitur 
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning
• Card Stacking

Yes, I threw a rock through the window, but Joey did it first.
This is an example of _________

• Two Wrongs make a Right Fallacy
• The Bandwagon Fallacy
• The Argument from Authority Fallacy
• The Slippery Slope Fallacy

Justin's mom gets his phone bill and he has gone over the limit. He begins talking to her about how hard his math class is and how well he did on a test today.

• false analogy

• hasty generalization

• red herring

• False dichotomy