Slippery Slope is a common
fallacy which occurs when
someone makes a claim about
a series of event that would lead
to one major event, usuallya
bad event.
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Hmm!
Can you provide some examples
Mark?
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Sure!
Here are some examples of Slippery
Slope.
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Jennifer
(John's Mother)
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John ( A student
at UHD)
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Type here
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John!
You should be studying for exam tomorrow.
Stop playing games on your ipad.
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Sure mom!
But let me play
for few hours more
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Son!
You have been playing that
game since this morning.Look at the time.
You better start studying for your exam.
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Mom,
What's the big deal?(In an annoyed
voice)
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Son,
If you don't study, you are going fail
your exam.If you fail your exam, you
are not going to graduate.If you
do not graduate, you will not get
a nice job. If you don't get a nice job,,
you will be homeless.
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See,
In this clip, John's mother has used an
argument that suggests that taking a
minor action will lead to major or
sometimes awful results. This is slippery
slope.
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Here is another one
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Linda wants to stay on
diet.But at the moment,
she could only think
about cakes and
cupcakes.
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Caption
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Linda: If I eat a slice of cake today,
then I will probably eat another
again tomorrow.And I will repeat
that again and again.
This will ruin my diet plan
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Here,
Linda is deciding about
whether she should eat a slice of
cake or not.She thinks her one
minor action would lead to
something she doesn't want.
This explains how slippery slope
works.