Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (30.08.2024) Shift-II
'Either the people of the third world should be forcibly sterilized or the world population will explode and we will all die. We certainly do not want to die, so we should forcibly sterilize the people of the third world.' Which logical fallacy is committed in the above statement?
AThoughtless generalization
BSlippery slope
CFalse dichotomy ✓ Correct
DPersonal attack (ad hominem)
Correct answer: (C) False dichotomy — The fallacy is a false dichotomy, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The fallacy is a false dichotomy, so that is the answer.
★The statement presents only two options.
★It ignores other possible solutions to the problem.
★By forcing a choice between two extremes it misleads.
★This is the false dichotomy fallacy.
★Hence false dichotomy is correct.
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