Which of the Following Commits the Slippery Slope Fallacy

question 163

Multiple Choice

Which of the following commits the slippery slope fallacy?

• A)The weather forecast says that it will rain tomorrow, and if it rains, the road will be wet.Therefore, I will need to drive carefully tomorrow.
• B)The disease started with one patient, who then infected others, and now the disease has become an epidemic.
• C)If Lassie is a dog, and dogs are mammals, and mammals are animals, then Lassie is an animal.
• D)Banning obscenity will lead to banning all speech that offends anyone, which will lead to banning political speech.So we shouldn't ban obscenity.
• E)Eating a pound of chocolate will increase my calorie intake for the day, and that will lead to putting on more weight.So I shouldn't eat the pound of chocolate.

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Definitions:

Framing Effects

The influence on decision-making and judgments caused by the way information is presented, rather than just the information itself.

Utility

The total satisfaction or benefit derived by consuming a product or service, used to analyze choices made by consumers to maximize satisfaction.

Planning Fallacy

is the tendency to underestimate the time, costs, and risks of future actions while overestimating the benefits, leading to time and budget overruns.

Underestimate

To judge something below its actual value, size, or importance.