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which logical fallacy is used in the text? mom, of course you can trust me to stay home alone while you go out of town. i mean, did you raise a good kid, or one who cant be trusted? appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other false dichotomy: an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist circular reasoning: an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself
The statement presents only two extreme options - being a good, trustworthy kid or a bad, untrustworthy one. In reality, there are more nuances and possibilities. This is characteristic of a false - dichotomy.
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false dichotomy: an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist