Name the Fallacy

Directions: Identify the fallacy in the following arguments by using the list below.

Appeal to pity	Non Sequitur	Appeal to authority	Slippery slope
Red herring	Post hoc	Begging the question	Ad hominem
Strawman argument	False dichotomy	Appeal to popularity	Equivocation

1. "After the speed limit was reduced to 55 mph, traffic fatalities dropped dramatically. So, it stands to reason that the reduced speed limit has saved thousands of lives."

a. Fallacy:

2. "I don't think it's a good idea to lower the drinking age. Next thing we know kids will be able to drive at ten years old and vote at fifteen."

b. Fallacy:

3. "Oh, please! What would you know about labor laws? You don't even have a job."

c. Fallacy:

4. "Albert Einstein would have opposed animal experimentation if he were alive today."

e. Fallacy:

5. "Professor, I can't fail this course. Otherwise, I will lose my scholarship and I will have to drop out of school."

f. Fallacy:

6. Ava: "The government should invest more money in public schools. Quality education is the key to a better future." Brock: "So you're saying we should cut military spending and invest it instead on spiral notebooks and crayons? That will only make our country a weak, defenseless target for terrorists."

g. Fallacy:

7. "Celibacy is an unnatural and unhealthy practice, since it is neither natural nor healthy to exclude sexual activity from one's life."

h. Fallacy:

8. "Sure, philosophy helps you to argue better, but do we really need to encourage people to argue? There is already enough hostility in the world."

i. Fallacy:

9. "Death is nothing to fear. It's either annihilation or migration."

j. Fallacy:

10. Andy: "Hey Aunt Bea, what's with all this junk food you bought? You're always harping on me about eating healthy." Aunt Bea: "Don't fuss, Andy! It was on sale."

k. Fallacy:

11. "You will do what I say because you are my wife."

l. Fallacy:

12. "There must be some truth to astrology. Why else would so many people believe in it?"

m. Fallacy: