Question

determiine the following passages with the fallacy committed.

1. The world was either created in chaos or by God. There's evidence of order in the world so God must exist.

2. The government has no right to force me to pay the new tax. They have the right to govern over those who elected them but I didn't vote so they don't have any right over me.

my answers:
1. equivocation
2. begging the question

quite confused, please help if im wrong

Answer 1

We don't have any philosophy professors who are tutors here. That said, I think "equivocation" is not the inherent fallacy in #1. It may well be what is inherent in #2, though! Begging the question may also apply. Go back to your text materials and re-read with these examples in mind is my advice.

Think about the #1 example. If order was created somehow, it must have been created out of disorder or chaos. Whether or not God did the "creating" of order or it was a natural phenomenon or purely by accident begs the question of whether "order" was created from "chaos" or from some other, pre-existing "order".

Answer 2

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fallacies/

Answer 3

False dichotomy