'Humans and animals are both living, breathing beings. Humans have civil rights. Therefore, animals have civil rights.' This indicates which fallacy?
AFalse analogy ✓ Correct
BAd hominem
CRed herring
DComplex question
Correct answer: (A) False analogy
Explanation
The argument leans on a likeness between humans and animals that cannot carry the weight claimed.
Both being living, breathing beings is a shared but irrelevant feature here.
Civil rights attach to features specific to persons, not to breathing alone.
Inferring shared rights from a superficial resemblance is unsound.
Drawing a conclusion from a weak or irrelevant similarity is false analogy.
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