Author Question: We should not legalize marijuana. That will lead to more people using cocaine and meth and that in ... (Read 214 times)

crazycityslicker

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We should not legalize marijuana. That will lead to more people using cocaine and meth and that in turn will just lead to more crime and more drug-related health issues. Legalizing marijuana just opens the door to a whole chain of other problems. This type of argument is known as
 
  a. false cause.
  b. red herring.
  c. slippery slope.
  d. jumping on the bandwagon.

Question 2

Jillian and Durrell are talking over coffee in the college student center. Why worry about the cost of tuition, Jillian says, when the government keeps tapping our phones? Jillian should reconsider her line of reasoning. She has used a fallacy known as
 
  a. false cause.
  b. a red herring.
  c. circular reasoning.
  d. ad hominem.



nickk12214

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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