Once you start to lie, you are __________. ( ).
A: on a slippery slope
B: failing
C: to a slippery slope
D: on a slope
A: on a slippery slope
B: failing
C: to a slippery slope
D: on a slope
举一反三
- 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
- Slippery Slope is when someone argues that a minor action will lead to ludicrous consequences.
- 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.
- Poisoning the well and argument from inconsistency are versions of which of the following types of rhetorical devices? A: slippery slope B: begging the question C: false dilemma D: ad hominem
- For a horizontal demand curve, A: the slope is undefined, and the price elasticity of demand is equal to 0. B: the slope is equal to 0, and the price elasticity of demand is undefined. C: both the slope and price elasticity of demand are undefined. D: both the slope and price elasticity of demand are equal to 0.