An executive argues: 'Just as a biological cell must immediately destroy defective viruses to survive, a corporation must fire employees who complain about management.' What flaw is present?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. weak analogy
- Step 1: The executive compares a biological organism eliminating lethal pathogens to a corporate management suppressing legitimate employee feedback. Because human organizations and biological cellular immunology operate under entirely different ethical and functional rules, this is a weak analogy. Answer: weak analogy. Why not the others: "circular reasoning premise" assumes the truth of the conclusion within the premise itself without proof; "equivocation in argument" uses an ambiguous term in two different senses within the same logical deduction; "appeal to ignorance" claims a proposition is true simply because it has not yet been proven false.
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