"The new press is reliable because reliable presses are what we need." The fallacy is:

Answer

Begging the question

Options - A. False dichotomy - B. Begging the question - C. Equivocation of terms - D. Composition of parts Why - A. No two options are presented. The sentence has one claim, supported by itself. - B. Correct — the conclusion (the press is reliable) is assumed in the premise (reliable is what we need). Needing reliability is not evidence of it. - C. No word shifts meaning. "Reliable" means the same thing both times; the problem is that it is asserted, not shown. - D. Composition moves from parts to whole. Nothing here is a part of anything.

Van Cleave 1.9, 4.1–4.2; concept map G08, G09