Consider the following argument："If you smoke one cigarette today， then you will end up smoking another onetomorrow， and more the day after that， and before you know it you will smokingtwo packs a day and shortening your life expectancy by decades. So you shouldnot even smoke one cigarette today.”This argument contains a（ ）。
A: fallacy of equivocation.
B: conceptual slippery slope fallacy.
C: causal slippery slope fallacy.
D: fairness slippery slope fallacy.
E: all of the above
A: fallacy of equivocation.
B: conceptual slippery slope fallacy.
C: causal slippery slope fallacy.
D: fairness slippery slope fallacy.
E: all of the above
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- Consider the following argument: “If you smoke one cigarette today, then you will end up smoking another one tomorrow, and more the day after that, and before you know it you will smoking two packs a day and shortening your life expectancy by decades. So you should not even smoke one cigarette today.” This argument contains a
- Once you start to lie, you are __________. ( ). A: on a slippery slope B: failing C: to a slippery slope D: on a slope
- Guard against such statements as“if A, then B, and if B, then C,” and so forth, in case it falls into the category of "slippery slope" as a kind of logical fallacy.
- Choose the best fallacy, if there is one, for the following: Why do you take a bus to work when most people drive? A: no fallacy B: rationalizing C: argument from popularity D: Groupthink
- Can you think of a logical fallacy you have committed? Why is it a fallacy and what caused it?