The Primary Danger of Emotively Charged Words Is That They

question 329

Multiple Choice

The primary danger of emotively charged words is that they:

• A) Cause arguments to be invalid.
• B) Lead us to confuse premises with conclusion.
• C) Cause arguments to be unsound.
• D) Prompt us to leap to unjustified conclusions.
• E) Incline us to confuse inductive arguments with deductive arguments.

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