14) Mrs. Carter argues that teachers deserve great working conditions and a satisfactory or reasonable pay package. She proposed that teachers would be more highly motivated to contribute to nation building and to create better educated people. But since Mrs. Carter is a teacher; she would stand to obtain those benefits. Hence, no one should take her argument seriously. This argument commits the fallacy of: A. Begging the question fallacy. B. Amphiboly. c. Appeal to unreliable authority. D. Argument against the person.

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14) Mrs. Carter argues that teachers deserve great working
conditions and a satisfactory or reasonable pay package.
She proposed that teachers would be more highly motivated
to contribute to nation building and to create better
educated people. But since Mrs. Carter is a teacher; she
would stand to obtain those benefits. Hence, no one should
take her argument seriously. This argument commits the
fallacy of:
A. Begging the question fallacy.
B. Amphiboly.
c. Appeal to unreliable authority.
D. Argument against the person.
Answer

D. Argument against the person.

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The argument against Mrs. Carter is an example of the fallacy of argument against the person. This fallacy occurs when someone attempts to discredit an argument by...
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