Question: Read the following statements carefully:
A manager seeks approval for conducting a training programme on 'openness'. He puts forward the following arguments in favour of the program to his CEO.
Which of the following arguments is the least likely to have a logical fallacy?
A logical fallacy is an error in reasoning that will undermine the logic of the argument under discussion. [1] is clearly eliminated as “one of the participants being open to new ideas” cannot be extrapolated to mean that such a training programme should do well for all participants. [2] indulges in the fallacy of ‘Appeal to Authority’. Here, a claimed authority's support is used as evidence for an argument's conclusion. Thus, [2] is rejected. [4] suffers from the ‘False Dilemma/False Dichotomy’ fallacy. This limits the options to two when there may be more options to choose from. [5] is an example of a straw man fallacy. In this case, no evidence of any benefit of the training programme is presented. On the other hand, it is implied that those who do not approve of this training program are not concerned about the organization. Only [3] presents believable evidence in favour of the training program.