Package-deal fallacy


The package-deal fallacy is the logical fallacy of assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture must always be grouped that way.
It is particularly common in political arguments, such as the following imagined example from the United States: "My opponent is a conservative who voted against higher taxes and welfare, therefore he will also oppose gun control and abortion." While those four positions are often grouped together as "conservative" in United States politics, a person may believe in one "conservative" idea while not believing in another.
False conjunction refers to misuse of the and operator. For misuse of the xor or nand operators, see False dilemma.

Additional examples

The package-deal argument need not be a fallacy when used to argue that things grouped by culture and tradition are likely to be grouped in a given way.

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