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Give an example where a slippery slope is itself a legitimate argument and not just a rhetorical technique to oppose A using arguments against B?
by brookst 4mo ago
Give an example where a slippery slope is itself a legitimate argument and not just a rhetorical technique to oppose A using arguments against B?
- MarkusQ 4mo agoOpioid use comes to mind.
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- jonathanstrange 4mo agoWars are sometimes caused by small acts of violence (e.g. at the border) that are mutually retributed, becoming larger and larger, until the hostilities turn into an all out war. This is sometimes called "escalation of violence." If wars are sometimes caused in that way, then there must be some wars for which a slippery slope argument concerning the escalation of violence is not fallacious.