'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
Explanation
The argument commits the ad populum fallacy.
It moves from what most people in the community think to a legal conclusion.
Popular opinion about the film is offered as the ground for its legal status.
What the many believe does not by itself settle a question of law or fact.
Appealing to popular belief as proof is the argumentum ad populum.
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