The professor's argument suffers from an unacknowledged equivocation on the word "natural." Sometimes she uses it to mean "occurring without human intervention"; elsewhere she means "in accordance with what is morally proper." The force of her conclusion depends on running the two senses together.
As used in the text, what does the word "equivocation" most nearly mean?
- Acheck_circle
use of one term in two senses
- B
lying outright
- C
indecision
- D
fairness in judgment
Explanation
The argument blurs two distinct senses of "natural"; "equivocation" here is the logical fallacy of using one term in two senses, not fairness, lying, or indecision.