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Match each type of fallacy with its example from arguments against the legalization of marijuana.
Slippery slope
Circular reasoning
Red herring
Ad hominem
Weak analogy

A.
Marijuana is and should be illegal because pot smoking leads to use of harder, more dangerous drugs, thereby increasing crime.
B.
Marijuana is a drug just like crack or cocaine, and no one wants those substances legalized.
C.
Potheads" are criminals, so they are in no position to make legal arguments.
D.
If marijuana is legalized for adults in the same way that alcohol is legal, the government will need to figure out how to tax it, and people probably won't know where to buy it.
E.
Drugs are illegal, and marijuana is a drug, so it should remain illegal.


The answers from the other questions are not true.

Respuesta :

1) Slippery Slope
2)Weak analogy
3)Ad hominem
4) Red herring
5)Circular responding

A.

It is an example of Slippery Slope, which is an argument that suggests taking a minor action will lead to major and, many times, ludicrous consequences.

B.

It is an example of Weak Analogy. It compares extremely different drugs and concludes they're all the same with no evidence to support and draws a generalized conclusion based on it.

C.

This is a  clear example of Ad Hominem, because it attacks the person and not the argument.

D.

The fallacy used here is called Red Herring. That is when you try to direct the argument to another topic. In this case, it becomes about taxing instead of if it should be legal.

E.

This one is clearly about making the premise go to the conclusion in a way that it leads back to the premise when neither have to go that way. The fallacy of Cyclical Reasoning.

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