Which fallacy is committed in the following statement: 'People who lack humility have no sense of beauty because everyone who has a sense of beauty also has humility'?
AFallacy of equivocation
BBegging the question ✓ Correct
CFallacy of composition
DHasty generalisation
Correct answer: (B) Begging the question
Explanation
The reason offered merely restates the conclusion in other words.
'Everyone with a sense of beauty has humility' is the contrapositive of the claim.
'Those lacking humility lack a sense of beauty' says the very same thing.
The premise thus assumes what it sets out to prove.
Reasoning that takes its conclusion as its own support begs the question.
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