Question

the real issue is that the use of nuclear power and nuclear weapons is forcing humankind, and indeed the whole ecosystem, to participate in a particularly cruel and totally uncontrolled experiment. given the scientific evidence that there is no safe dose of radiation, this is an experiment that has already gone awry. the real question is whether we, as a human race, can afford in good conscience to risk annihilation with our continued reliance on nuclear technology. can we continue to despoil our environment with long - lived radioactive materials that are scattered to the wind and embedded in our precious soil, randomly exposing large populations, and foisting health impacts on unsuspecting future generations who have no choice in this matter? we may choose to do so. but if we do, i am quite sure that our children and grandchildren will roundly condemn us for our lack of foresight and our selfishness. as they struggle to deal with a poisonous environment and waste that must be safeguarded for thousands of years, they will certainly wonder what possessed us to do this. - radiation exposure and the power of zero, jeffrey patterson which fallacies appear in the argument? choose two correct answers ad hominem because the author questions the honesty of scientists appeal to emotion because it describes possible catastrophe bandwagon because the author states that everyone agrees on this issue appeal to emotion because the passage describes the potential impact on children false dilemma because it states that we must end the use of nuclear energy or die

Explanation:

The passage describes possible catastrophe and potential impact on children, which are emotional - triggering elements, thus using an appeal to emotion. There is no ad hominem as the author doesn't question scientists' honesty. There is no bandwagon as it doesn't claim everyone agrees. There is no false - dilemma as it doesn't present an "end nuclear energy or die" situation.

Answer:

B. appeal to emotion because it describes possible catastrophe
D. appeal to emotion because the passage describes the potential impact on children