Paul Derrick, President of Big Tex Oil Co

question 213

Multiple Choice

Paul Derrick, president of Big Tex Oil Co., says that we should open up all coastal waters of the U.S. to oil drilling. He promises that not a speck of pollution will result. Given Derrick's expertise in these matters, it follows that we should open up these waters immediately.

• A) False cause.
• B) Begging the question.
• C) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
• D) Appeal to unqualified authority.
• E) No fallacy.

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