Out newly elected legislator argues that the war on drugs has failed and our onl

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Out newly elected legislator argues that the war on drugs has failed and our only alternatives are to legalize all drugs or to prosecute drug users as criminals. What fallacy may be involved in this? appeal to ignorance begging the question slippery slope false dilemma ad hominem (against the person) The following argument is an example of ? If 1 cheat on my test, then my success will be undeserved. If my success is undeserved, then I'll have no satisfaction. Therefore, if I cheat. I'll have no satisfaction. not valid: denying the antecedent constructive dilemma modus ponens modus tollens hypothetical syllogism Your hypothesis is that women will be more likely than men to want to make abortion more difficult because the maternal instinct gives them more responsibility for children. The independent variable is: sex opinions on abortion maternal instinct responsibility for children

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19. The answer is a False dilemma. This is also called as all or nothing dilemma where only two choices are presented yet more exist or a spectrum of possible choice exist between two extremes.

20. The answer is a constructive dilemma. It is a valid rule of inference of propositional logic where you come to an inference saying that A is equal to B and B is equal to C, so A is equal to C.

21. The independent variable, in this case, is maternal instinct. The independent variable is defined as a variable whose variation does not depend on that of another.

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