A city council member in a small town suggests that residents switch to more expensive bottled water until the tap water can be
tested and cleaned. Another member responds that making drinking water available only to rich people is a terrible idea. What type of fallacy is the second council member making? A. Ad hominemB. False causalityC. Straw manD. Begging the question
<em>The type of fallacy the second council member is making is Straw Man.
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A strawman argument is an argument that is fallacious and distorts an opposing argument with the intention of attacking it more easily. But what really happens is that the strawman argument is not responding or attacking the original argument, but a distorted idea of the original argument,
In this case, the type of fallacy the second council member is making is a strawman, when he says that “making drinking water only available to rich people is a terrible idea.”
The Industrial Revolution also paved the way for larger corporations and restaurant chains to take over food production, which resulted in a decrease in food prices and an overall increase in accessibility to foods that were produced due to the Industrial Revolution.
