Do All Slippery Slope Arguments Commit the Slippery Slope Fallacy

question 108

Multiple Choice

Do all slippery slope arguments commit the slippery slope fallacy?

• A)No, because the slippery slope fallacy can only occur when we mistakenly think that an argument is a slippery slope argument.
• B)No, because a slippery slope argument might be based on good evidence.
• C)Yes.That is why the argument and the fallacy have the same name.
• D)Yes, because no slippery slope argument ever has any real evidence to support it.
• E)It is possible, but no one is sure yet.

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