Your Friend Notices That U

question 138

Multiple Choice

Your friend notices that U.S.auto production and U.S.population growth have moved together over several decades.He reasons that one way to slow population growth is for the government to order the auto makers to cut back on production.You gently point out to him that he:

• A)would be correct only when the economy was in a recession.
• B)has committed the fallacy that association is causation.
• C)has ignored the secondary effects.
• D)has committed the fallacy of composition.
• E)would be correct only when the United States enjoyed economic growth.

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Definitions:

Intended Beneficiary

A third party to a contract whom the contracting parties intended to benefit directly from their contact.

Prenuptial Agreement

A contract entered into prior to marriage specifying the distribution of assets in the event of divorce or death.

Ownership Rights

The legal rights to use, control, and dispose of property or assets.

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

A logical fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that because one event followed another, the first event caused the second.