Betty Is Opposed to Capital Punishment by Lethal Injection

question 78

Multiple Choice

Betty is opposed to capital punishment by lethal injection. But doctors inject patients with all sorts of medicines every day. For example, vaccines against flu, pneumonia, and tetanus are injected into millions of patients. Antibiotics are injected for a whole host of bacterial infections, and insulin is injected for diabetes. Obviously Betty's views are not supported by the evidence.

• A) Red herring.
• B) Appeal to pity.
• C) No fallacy.
• D) Slippery slope.
• E) Straw man.

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