Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'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 — This is the fallacy of false analogy, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This is the fallacy of false analogy, so that is the answer.
★It treats a likeness in one respect as if it settled a different matter.
★Sharing life and breath does not make humans and animals alike in bearing civil rights.
★So the analogy is pushed beyond where the resemblance holds.
★This weak comparison is a false analogy.
★So the answer is false analogy.
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