What Fallacy Is Committed in the Following Example: Successful Wall

question 24

Multiple Choice

What fallacy is committed in the following example: Successful Wall Street executives are paid salaries in excess of $1 million. Therefore, the best way to ensure that Neal will become a successful Wall Street executive is to raise his salary to at least $1 million.

• A) faulty cause
• B) hasty generalization
• C) appeal to popularity
• D) appeal to tradition
• E) appeal to authority

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