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Bo Bennett, PhD

Does this sentence contain a fallacy ?


 “Vegetarianism is morally obligatory, since eating meat is clearly morally impermissible.”
 
(a) fallacy of vagueness
(b) circularity
(c) equivocation
(d) no fallacy

asked on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2023 07:41:22 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:

A rule here is that we are not a service to do your homework for you. Your posts are clearly homework questions. You can figure them out. Look at our resources under the fallacies. You won't learn if we simply answer them for you.

posted on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2023 08:02:10 AM

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Erkan
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The closest here is circularity but its not that; its begging the question, it ' s also a false dilemma 

answered on Saturday, Jan 21, 2023 03:22:23 PM by Erkan

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