Many Questions, The Fallacy of
The tactic of wrapping up a controversial argument in an innocent and uncontroversial one, or a question that is more innocent than the message it brings (aka a “loaded question”). It is a form of begging the question.
Example:
Do you, as a citizen, want a Medical Service that is planned and directed in accordance with the needs of the nation as a whole, or do you think that we had better muddle along with the present system, distorted as it is by the influence of private profit?M7
1943 Labour Party pamphlet outlining the future Government’s plans for the National Health Service
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