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1/17/2013 7:30:17 PM
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Are slippery slope arguements ever valid?
We've all heard this arguement: "where will it end?" This question peaked my interest when i was listening to a gun control debate, one side was saying "if we ban assault rifles, will they just go after hunting weapons next" and the other was saying "if we allow assault rifles, are we going to give people rocket launcher's next?" and so on so on. That is a particularly rediculous example, but i have never heard a slippery slope arguement that actually raised reasonable concerns. So does this form of arguement ever actually mean anything or is it just sensationalist nonsense?
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No. Slippery slope implies and illogical, or irrational conclusion, which is fallacious argument. If you have a logical conclusion though, then it is valid.
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Edited by SonOfTheShire: 1/17/2013 7:39:58 PMIf we let slippery slope arguments stand, then next we'll be letting ad hominem and all sorts of other silly things go, and before you know it we'll be winning arguments just by squawking like a seagull or something else ridiculous, and that will never do!
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Ask yourself that.
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The slippery slope argument is a logical fallacy. It completely ignores the issue at hand, and instead conjectures an (often ridiculously) extreme outcome, without any proof that such an outcome will occur.
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Edited by Pyrocatharcis: 1/17/2013 7:33:24 PMvery very rarely does it have a valid backing in reality. Arguing against the third reich saying that it would be a slippery slope is one such famous example.
