David Cameron, the former UK Prime Minister, urged British voters to ‘listen to the experts’ when deciding whether to leave the European Union in 2016. His argument is an example of what kind of logical fallacy?
(A) Straw man
(B) Appeal to experts
(C) Overgeneralization
(D) Appeal to emotion
Ans: (B) Appeal to experts
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a. Vermont. b. Delaware. c. New York. d. Virginia. e. New Hampshire.
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In a democracy, the legitimacy of the government is based on
a. the existence of a written constitution. b. the government's willingness to protect property rights. c. the existence of an absolute right to freedom of expression. d. the people's participation in making the laws that govern them. e. The principle of "innocent until proven guilty" in criminal law.
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