PrepTest 38, Section 3, Question 8
Politician: My opponent says our zoning laws too strongly promote suburban single-family dwellings and should be changed to encourage other forms of housing like apartment buildings. Yet he lives in a house in the country. His lifestyle contradicts his own argument, which should therefore not be taken seriously.
Politician: My opponent says our zoning laws too strongly promote suburban single-family dwellings and should be changed to encourage other forms of housing like apartment buildings. Yet he lives in a house in the country. His lifestyle contradicts his own argument, which should therefore not be taken seriously.
Politician: My opponent says our zoning laws too strongly promote suburban single-family dwellings and should be changed to encourage other forms of housing like apartment buildings. Yet he lives in a house in the country. His lifestyle contradicts his own argument, which should therefore not be taken seriously.
Politician: My opponent says our zoning laws too strongly promote suburban single-family dwellings and should be changed to encourage other forms of housing like apartment buildings. Yet he lives in a house in the country. His lifestyle contradicts his own argument, which should therefore not be taken seriously.
The politician's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that
its characterization of the opponent's lifestyle reveals the politician's own prejudice against constructing apartment buildings
it neglects the fact that apartment buildings can be built in the suburbs just as easily as in the center of the city
it fails to mention the politician's own living situation
its discussion of the opponent's lifestyle is irrelevant to the merits of the opponent's argument
it ignores the possibility that the opponent may have previously lived in an apartment building
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