Saturday, April 30, 2011

Example of Slippery Slope Fallacy

Example:Slippery Slope Fallacy

1. If you go to school, you will receive homework.
2. Homework would then lead to stress, and stress would make you fall sick.

3.You do not want to fall sick.

Hence:

4. You should not go to school.

This example shows how this "Slippery Slope" fallacy works. It assumes that one must follow the other. However, this is not true as it is also possible to do the first action without following on. It brings a totally decent action, such as going to school, and makes it seem like a bad thing to do, as it assumes that you would end up falling sick. Hence, this fallacy is false.

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