High School

Joe argued that captive elephants should not be owned by anyone other than a licensed zoo because there would be no governmental oversight of a private ranch, and it would be difficult for most individuals to pay for the massive amounts of food an elephant requires. Bob responded that this is not a fair assertion because elephants can find plenty of food on their own when they are wild in places like Africa and India, or they would never have survived.

Bob's response to Joe's argument is an example of a:

A. Strawman Fallacy
B. Bad Argument
C. Deductive Fallacy
D. Ampliative Fallacy

Answer :

Bob's response to Jack's argument is an example of a a) Strawman Fallacy.

Joe argued that captive elephants should only be owned by licensed zoos due to the lack of governmental oversight on private ranches and the high cost of feeding elephants.

Bob's response, stating that elephants find their own food in the wild, is an example of a Strawman Fallacy. In this fallacy, Bob misrepresents Joe's argument by comparing the care of captive elephants to wild elephants, which are two different contexts.

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