Please, identify the fallacy in each of the following statements. 1. I use the best hair shampoo. The great baseball player George Mason uses it – and if he uses it then it must be good.
Fallacy of Appealing to Authority

Circular Reasoning

Ad Hominem Fallacy

Fallacy of Two Wrongs

2. Are you really going to join that socialist organization? Don’t you know that socialism is wrong? The Bible says so.
Slipper Slope Fallacy

Fallacy of Appealing to Authority

Circular Reasoning

Fallacy of Two Wrongs

3.Don’t listen to what she has to say on the human genome project and its implications for human beings. After all, she is a liberal who has no moral foundation at all.
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Guilt by Association

Red Herring Fallacy

Straw Man Fallacy

Ad Hominem Fallacy

4. The chemistry engineer suggested that propane fuel should be used in all the new S-15 Jets. He says this will make them easier to refuel and protect the environment. I can’t believe this guy. He things propane is the solution to all our fuel woes. Propane is highly flammable and there will never be enough supply to fuel all the cars in the world. We should reject his suggestion.
Group of answer choices

Circular Reasoning

Straw Man Fallacy

Slippery Slope Fallacy

Red Herring Fallacy

5. I can’t believe I got a ticket for speeding. I wasn’t the only one in that group of cars going over the speed limit. It just isn’t right.
Group of answer choices

Red Herring Fallacy

Fallacy of Two Wrongs

Slippery Slope Fallacy

Fallacy of Appealing to Authority