Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2023 (14.12.2023) Shift-I
Consider the statement: 'Political stability is indispensable to economic progress because economic progress can only be achieved by means of political stability.' Which informal fallacy is committed in the above statement?
ASlippery slope
BRed Herring
CHasty Generalisation
DBegging the question ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Begging the question — The statement commits the fallacy of begging the question, so the answer is begging the question.
Explanation
★The statement commits the fallacy of begging the question, so the answer is begging the question.
★Begging the question means assuming the very point that is to be proved.
★Here the claim is supported by simply restating it in other words.
★Political stability being indispensable is justified by the same idea in reverse.
★The reasoning goes in a circle and proves nothing new.
★A red herring distracts, a slippery slope predicts a chain, and hasty generalisation over-infers, none of which fit here.
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