Slippery slope arguments aren’t inherently fallacious. They can be valid if they use measured language, offer logical reasoning or evidence, and avoid overstating the predicted outcomes. Determining whether a slippery slope argument is fallacious or sound is somewhat subjective, as it often depends ...
The slippery slope argument holds that we must oppose certain action or policy since the support of such action or policy may lead to support of what obviouslymust be opposed in the future. It belongs to probability reasoning, and its effectiveness is determined by the context of its application...
The slippery slope fallacy is alogical fallacyor reasoning error. More specifically, it is aninformal fallacywhere the error lies in the content of the argument rather than its format (formal fallacy). Therefore, not every slippery slope argument is flawed. When there is evidence that the conseq...
VOLOKH: Now, to be sure, there certainly are philosophical works generally that say slippery slope arguments are a fallacy. What they’re referring to is again, logical claims. If you take step A, then inevitably step B will be taken. That’s almost never the case. Almost always, it’s...
Down the Slippery Slope - The Crime of Viewing Manga © 2009 Lawrence A. Stanley On March 30, 2004, when Dwight Whorley found the Japanese website ofFractal Underground Studiovia Yahoo and clicked on a couple of the thumbnail images, he thought he had found what he was looking for: imag...
[make part of note] It is interesting that we might be able to construe the logical version of the slippery slope argument as a series of small consistency arguments: once one takes each small step, she is thereby warranted in taking the next step, etc. However, I would say that if eac...
Slippery SlopeEuthanasiaThe recent decision in Re A (Conjoined Twins: Medical Treatment) [2001] 1 FLR 1 to separate 'Jodie' and 'Mary' might have far-reaching implications. Despite the Court of Appeal's protestations to the contrary, the ruling, and in particular the reasoning regarding 'best...
The psychological slippery slope from physician-assisted death to active euthanasia: a paragon of fallacious reasoning In the debate surrounding the morality and legality of the practices of physician-assisted death and euthanasia, a common logical argument regularly employ... J Potter - 《Medicine Hea...
Slippery slope arguments (SSAs) of the form if A, then C describe an initial proposal (A) and a predicted, undesirable consequence of this proposal (C) (e.g., “If cannabis is ever legalized, then eventually cocaine will be legalized, too”). Despite SSAs being a common rhetorical device...
The slippery slope argument is frequently used in a variety of contexts from our own internal reasoning to political propaganda. It takes the view thata certain action will lead to a specific chain of events, usually resulting in a negative outcome. But how helpful is this argument and why ha...