I found several videos that give good examples of logical fallacies. All the DirecTV commercials in this compilation are good examples of the slippery slope fallacy. Each commercial shows how having cable TV can lead to a chain of events that result in bad outcomes. These commercials used the slippery slope fallacy on purpose to entertain the audience. A slippery slope fallacy claims that once you make one choice‚ a chain of events will inevitably follow. The truth is that making the first choice
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A Slippery Slope Al Watts‚ inTEgro‚ Inc. www.integro-inc.com I had the pleasure of lunch recently with the former VP of Sales for a $16 million technology company and published author who shares my passion for “transforming business as usual into business at its best.” Mark Faris freely shares another distinguishing credential: he is a convicted felon for fraud and money laundering that led to three years of hard time away from home and family. Mark’s experience was clearly a significant defining
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As with all great conflicts in history‚ it was not one factor but rather a multitude of issues that led to the breakdown of compromise during the 19th century and eventually to the Civil War. The government of the period was entirely content to sweep the issue of slavery under the rug‚ contrasting sharply with the strongly polar feelings of the nation‚ with the South wanting to expand the ‘peculiar institution’ and the North beginning to see it as a moral dilemma. The combination of these contradictory
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takes a singular assessment about how police corruption originates and each holds its own right in police work. The slippery slope in law enforcement is a moral career hypothesis. Where corruption begins with apparently harmless well intentional practices and leads over time. This can happen with individuals or a department in any situation. Basically the slippery slope is what people call crimes for profit. Rationalization
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VP 5 Slippery Slope-HealthSouth Questions: 1. Summarized the Video. Aaron Beam discusses with Stanford Graduate students his start of his career as a newly certified CPA. His career started at Life Mart where he meets Richard Scrushy who wastes no time on sizing up Aaron Beam. However‚ Life Mart is acquired a couple years later jeopardizing the employment of Aaron Beam‚ however‚ venture capitalists ask if anyone has a company idea to start up and Richard Scrushy’s name is thrown out. Richard Scrushy
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What is a slippery slope argument? Critically discuss the use of such arguments in one area of biomedical ethical controversy. The slippery slope argument is amongst the strongest voiced and possibly the most emotive of arguments in opposition to legalising voluntary active euthanasia (VAE‚ the act of accelerating the death of another‚ usually by lethal injection‚ for their own good and with their consent). In fact‚ in discussion on practically any change in social policy it is common place
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How Slippery is the Slope? “There is no ‘slippery slope’ toward loss of liberties‚ only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.” Alan K. Simpson. The essay‚ Chapter 6: The Slippery Slope‚ is a break down on how ineffective and illogical the slippery slope fallacy is in an argument against gay marriage. Initially it presents the counter which is the slippery slope essay‚ and then it breaks it down by four categories being; (1) slipping
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Retrieved May 24‚ 2014‚ from http://www.albany.edu/scj/jcjpc/vol3is1/perceptions.html Stott‚ K. (2011‚ January 1). Primetime Crime and Its Influence on Public Perception. . Retrieved May 24‚ 2014‚ from http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=srhonorsprog Dowler‚ K. (2003‚ January 1). Media consumption and public attitudes toward crime and justice- JCJPC‚ Volume 10‚ Issue 2. Media consumption and public attitudes toward crime and justice- JCJPC‚ Volume 10‚ Issue 2. Retrieved
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Slippery Slope Argument Phil 103 19 April 2006 When one argues against an idea or action‚ one form often used is called the slippery slope argument. In a slippery slope argument‚ one takes a consequentialist view on the action in question‚ then extrapolates the further outcome sometimes based on evidence‚ sometimes not. For example‚ I might argue that my teacher should not eat chocolate ice cream‚ because of two reasons: Eating chocolate ice cream stimulates pleasure centers in the brain
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In today’s fast pasted‚ dog eat dog world‚ parents play a major part in they’re children success‚ or at least that’s how parents see it. In his article “A Slippery Slope”‚ San Francisco Chronicle’s C.W Nevius Talks about Adults aiding and giving an unfair advantage to children and how‚ in the long run‚ it sets them up for failure. For a lot of families‚ parents helping their children with home work or a school project isn’t that big of a deal‚ most schools and teaches would agree‚ that’s fine. Some
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