Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled (18.06.2024) Shift-II
Which fallacy is committed in the following statement? 'Tarun cannot be guilty of murder since there is no way Tarun could kill someone.'
AHasty generalization
BSlippery slope
CBegging the question ✓ Correct
DInappropriate authority
Correct answer: (C) Begging the question — The statement commits begging the question, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement commits begging the question, so that is the answer.
★Begging the question assumes the conclusion within its own premise.
★Here the claim is that Tarun is not guilty because he could not kill someone.
★But that he could not kill is just another way of saying he is not guilty.
★So the argument assumes what it is trying to prove.
★This is begging the question, not hasty generalization, slippery slope or inappropriate authority.
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