Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (21.09.2022) Shift-II
'Most people in our community think that movie ABZ is pornographic. Therefore movie ABZ is legally pornographic.' Which of the following fallacies is committed in this argument?
ARed herring
BAd populum ✓ Correct
CAd baculum
DAd hominem
Correct answer: (B) Ad populum — The answer is the ad populum fallacy.
Explanation
★The answer is the ad populum fallacy.
★This fallacy claims something is true or right because most people believe it.
★The argument concludes the movie is legally pornographic just because most in the community think so.
★So it rests on popular opinion rather than legal reasoning, which is the ad populum fallacy.
★Wide belief does not settle a legal question.
★The other fallacies do not describe this appeal to the majority.
★So the answer is the ad populum fallacy.
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