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In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. [1] The core of the slippery slope argument is that a specific decision under debate is likely to result in unintended consequences. The strength of such an argument ...
The second primary form of the slippery slope argument is that of the "Empirical" or "Psychological" argument. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 8 ] The empirical version does not rely on a logical connection between A and B, but instead argues that an acceptance of A will, in time, lead to an acceptance of B. [ 4 ] The process is not a logical necessity, but one ...
"The bill puts an obligation on them in law, if they have that objection in conscience, to find a doctor who will help [the patient]," she said. ... I’m worried about the slippery slope argument.
If euthanasia is strictly controlled, we can avoid entering a slippery slope and prevent patients from seeking alternative methods which may not be legal. [1] Arguments against include: It can lead to a slippery slope; if we allow patients this right, it can expand and have dire consequences.
Liam Fox, who is a practising doctor and served as shadow health secretary for more than four years, believes it would be impossible to prevent “the slippery slope scenario” of the bill being ...
The law would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales with less than six months to live to end their lives, subject to the approval of two doctors and a High Court judge. MPs begin voting ...
Ultimately, the arguments in favor prevailed, and the bill was voted Ought to Pass, 179-176. ... They voiced concerns that medical aid in dying would be a slippery slope.
This sense of slippery slope is deeply embedded in US constitutional law, and the term may well have originated there. There could be some additional coverage of that in this article, and it would satisfy (at least to some extent) requests in an old thread to provide "examples" of when slippery slope is not a fallacy.