Arguments in Action

Slippery slopes

The slippery slope fallacy is, sorry about this, one of the more slippery fallacies. It is defined in different ways by different authors and what would be an example of a slippery slope to one author would be something else to another. The various issues are explained well on the relevant Wikipedia page which, if nothing else, distinguishes between slippery slopes and slippery slope arguments and contains a good list of the key features of a slippery slope. These are required by the Course Specification.