When Chris Learned That His Friend, Who Is Also a Manager

question 14

Multiple Choice

When Chris learned that his friend, who is also a manager, like Chris, has been sentenced to prison for stealing from their employer, Chris told his friend, "Everyone who is in prison can still be free, for true freedom is the knowledge of one's situation. The more one knows about one's self, the more one is truly free." By making this argument Chris is actually engaging in __________.

• A) an appeal to emotion fallacy
• B) an ad hominem attack
• C) the bandwagon fallacy
• D) circular reasoning
• E) a playing with words fallacy

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