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Ad Hominem
Appeal to Pity
Appeal to Pity (2)
Begging the Question
Complex Cause
Complex Question
Fallacious Disanalogy
Fallacy of Soundness
Gambler's Fallacy
Hasty Generalization
Post Hoc
Prejudicial Language
Tu Quoque

Begging the Question

 IDENTIFICATION
Begging the Question
truth of conclusion is assumed by premises

Premises:

  1. When individuals become celebrated, society does not merely allow them to break the rules, it demands it.
  2. The bigger the celebrity, the bigger the rule can be broken.
  3. No celebrity is bigger than Michael Jackson.


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EXPLANATION
This argument commits the Begging the Question fallacy because whether celebrities are breaking the rules or not and that Michael Jackson is the biggest celebrity, the author wants us to assume that society on a whole not only condones this behavior but demands it.