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A real estate developer was appraising one of her oldest properties: The Murphy Building. It was not a pretty sight. Mold grew on the walls. Dark windows were streaked with grime. A thick miasma hung in the air. After her review, the developer addressed her team. "The Murphy Building is getting old and is becoming a hazard for its occupants," she said. "Either we tear it down and put up a new building, or we continue to risk our tenants’ safety."

Which of the following logical fallacies does the developer commit upon arriving at his or her conclusion about the Murphy Building?

A. Weak analogy, present in an argument in which the arguer relies on an analogy between two or more objects, ideas, or situations that are not really alike or analogous in the relevant respect.
B. Begging the question, present in an argument in which the arguer asks his or her opponent to simply accept a conclusion absent any real evidence; the argument either relies on a premise that says the same thing as the conclusion (commonly referred to as “being circular” or “circular reasoning”), or simply ignores an important (but questionable) assumption that the argument rests on.
C. Slippery slope, present in an argument in which the arguer assumes that a chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take place, but without enough evidence to support that assumption. The arguer asserts that if one were to take even one step onto the "slippery slope," he or she will invariably end up sliding all the way to the bottom; the arguer assumes the subject cannot halt his or her slide partway down the slope.
D. False dichotomy, present in an argument in which the arguer makes it look as though the answer to a question admits of only two alternatives (one that is logical and one that is illogical), when, in reality, there are multiple undisclosed options available.
E. Ad populum, present in an argument in which the arguer takes advantage of the desire most people have to be liked and to fit in with others, using that desire to try to get the audience to accept his or her argument.

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