Which fallacy is committed by the following argument? If we allow you to practice on our piano, then we will have to let everyone else practice on our piano and won't have time to manage our other responsibilities.So we can't let you practice on it.

A) slippery slope
B) composition
C) subjectivism
D) ad hominem
E) post hoc

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Tania Sharma · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The argument is committing the slippery slope fallacy by assuming that allowing one person to practice on the piano will ultimately lead to everyone else wanting to practice on it as well, which will then lead to the inability to manage other responsibilities. This is a chain of events that is unlikely to happen and is being presented as inevitable without any evidence to support it.

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