What Kind Oreasoning Is Used in the Following Statement

question 229

Multiple Choice

What kind oreasoning is used in the following statement?
A sexual encounter with someone who does not consent to it is rape. A person who is incapacitated by alcohol cannot consent to sex. Therefore, a sexual encounter with a person incapacitated by alcohol is rape.

• A) reasoning from specific instances
• B) reasoning from principle
• C) reasoning from prudence
• D) reasoning from safety
• E) reasoning from cause

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