Questions: Aper Leaming Aper learning - Courses earning.com/public/activity/3000001/assessment Pretest Unit 3 Question 14 of 24 Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy? A. The community center will cost too much to build because labor and materials are expensive. B. All of the slobs who don't want to help build the new community center are lazy. C. Everyone else wants to build the new community center. Why don't you? D. The old community center is 50 years old; it's too old to be used. SUBMIT PREVIOUS

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Question 14 of 24
Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy?
A. The community center will cost too much to build because labor and materials are expensive.
B. All of the slobs who don't want to help build the new community center are lazy.
C. Everyone else wants to build the new community center. Why don't you?
D. The old community center is 50 years old; it's too old to be used.
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Transcript text: Aper Leaming Aper learning - Courses earning.com/public/activity/3000001/assessment Pretest Unit 3 Question 14 of 24 Which of the following employs an ad hominem fallacy? A. The community center will cost too much to build because labor and materials are expensive. B. All of the slobs who don't want to help build the new community center are lazy. C. Everyone else wants to build the new community center. Why don't you? D. The old community center is 50 years old; it's too old to be used. SUBMIT PREVIOUS

Solution

Answer

The answer is B. All of the slobs who don't want to help build the new community center are lazy.

Explanation

Option A: The community center will cost too much to build because labor and materials are expensive.

This statement presents a logical argument based on the cost of labor and materials, which is not an ad hominem fallacy.

Option B: All of the slobs who don't want to help build the new community center are lazy.

This statement employs an ad hominem fallacy because it attacks the character of the people who don't want to help build the community center, rather than addressing their arguments or reasons.

Option C: Everyone else wants to build the new community center. Why don't you?

This statement uses a bandwagon appeal, suggesting that one should do something because everyone else is doing it, but it is not an ad hominem fallacy.

Option D: The old community center is 50 years old; it's too old to be used.

This statement provides a reason based on the age of the community center, which is not an ad hominem fallacy.

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