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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 ...
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.
"Telling people to manifest what they want is a slippery slope ending with self-blame when problems in our life arise," Elbalghiti-Williams says. 21. "Just stop thinking about it."
MPs have begun voting on whether or not to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill a second reading. Robert Jenrick says legal safeguards are ‘grossly inadequate’ 14:09 , Jabed Ahmed
Indian River County School Board members stand near the edge of a political slippery slope. It relates to an issue that could affect any elected board on the Treasure Coast.
The second logical form of the slippery slope argument, referred to as the "arbitrary line" version, [8] argues that the acceptance of A will lead to the acceptance of A1, as A1 is not significantly different from A. A1 will then lead to A2, A2 to A3, and eventually the process will lead to the unacceptable B. [6] As Glover argues, this version ...
The bill has transcended typical party lines, with both Democrats and Republicans voting for and against the bill in the House. On Wednesday, Smith was joined by Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Windham, a ...
Slippery slope (thin edge of the wedge, camel's nose) – asserting that a proposed, relatively small, first action will inevitably lead to a chain of related events resulting in a significant and negative event and, therefore, should not be permitted.