Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET December 2022 (13.03.2023) Shift-II (Home Science)
Which logical fallacy is committed in the statement: 'I do not believe that serial killers ought to be allowed to live. They have forfeited their right to live because anyone who kills lots of people has lost that right'?
AHasty generalization
BSlippery slope
CBegging the question ✓ Correct
DAd hominem
Correct answer: (C) Begging the question — The answer is begging the question.
Explanation
★The answer is begging the question.
★The claim is that serial killers should not be allowed to live.
★The reason repeats that such killers have lost the right to live.
★This reason simply restates the conclusion rather than supporting it.
★The premise thus assumes the very point to be proved.
★This circular reasoning is begging the question.
★So the answer is begging the question.
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