Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 35

Short Answer

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
Yeah, sure the Los Angeles district attorney believes that O. J. Simpson got a fair trial. But before you sign on to something like that, you might notice that O. J. is a black man and that the Los Angeles district attorney is a white man. That tells you all you need to know about his opinion of fair trials.

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Definitions:

Pronouns

Words used to substitute for nouns, often to avoid repetition and denote possession, gender, or openness.

Egalitarianism

A principle that emphasizes equality, advocating for equal rights and opportunities within a group or society.

Cultural Value

The beliefs, norms, and practices that are considered important in a certain culture, shaping the behavior and mindset of its members.

Cultural Relativism

The principle that an individual's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture, emphasizing the avoidance of ethnocentric judgments.