What is a loaded question?
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Another way to think of them is “Complex Questions”
Basically, It’s a question that holds an assumption.
An example would be: “Are you voting for that idiot, John”. If you say “yes” to this question, you agree to 2 things:
– You are voting for John
– John is an idiot
It’s a question that is “loaded” with an additional assumption that you might not agree with.
Another common example in philosophy classrooms is “Have you stopped beating your dog”. This one comes with the assumption that you were beating your dog in the past.
Replace “Dog” with “Wife”, and you can see why courtrooms hate loaded questions; they can trick you into agreeing with things that you don’t actually agree with
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