Professor Gene Poole, the distinguished microbiologist, has argued that using animals in medical and scientific experiments is morally wrong. Given Professor Poole's impressive credentials, we should conclude that using animals in medical and scientific experiments is morally wrong.
A) questionable cause
B) loaded question
C) weak analogy
D) inappropriate appeal to authority
E) no fallacy

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The argument commits the fallacy of inappropriate appeal to authority by suggesting that because an expert believes something, it must be true, without providing evidence directly related to the claim itself.

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