Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (29.08.2024) Shift-II
'According to some newspapers today, the crime rate in New York has increased slightly in the past few days. New Yorkers are nothing but a group of criminals.' Which fallacy has been made in the above statement?
ASlippery slope
BInsistence on inappropriate authority
CUnreasonable (hasty) generalization ✓ Correct
DStraw man
Correct answer: (C) Unreasonable (hasty) generalization — The fallacy is an unreasonable generalization, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The fallacy is an unreasonable generalization, so that is the answer.
★A whole group is judged from a small, recent sample.
★A slight rise in crime is used to brand all New Yorkers criminals.
★This ignores the vast majority of law-abiding people.
★So it is a hasty, unreasonable generalization.
★Hence the third option is correct.
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