A direct quote from your e-book. See, I really did buy it. <g>
--Bob
On May 27, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Begging the question fallacy
>
> Assuming the conclusion or part of the conclusion in the premises of an
> argument. (Sometimes called circular reasoning.)
>
> Examples:
>
> “To cast abortion as a solely private moral question,…is to lose touch with
> common sense: how human beings treat one another is practically the
> definition of a public moral matter. Of course, there are many private
> aspects of human relations, but the question whether one human being should
> be allowed fatally to harm another is not one of them. Abortion is an
> inescapably public matter.”
>
> H.M. Alvaré
>
> In this example, the conclusion that abortion is a public matter simply
> restates an earlier premise. It is mere repetition rather than argument. The
> argument can be restructured to reach the same point more legitimately.
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