this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

what you did there is called the "slippery slope fallacy"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The slippery slope argument is not always a fallacy. The strength of a slippery slope argument relies on the ability to show that the initial action will actually lead to the predicted outcome. The fallacy comes in when connections are drawn between unrelated concepts - an easy example of this is the argument that legalizing abortion will lead to the legalization of murder. In this case, I think it's pretty likely that making a certain item legal to steal will pave the way for more items to be legal to steal in the future. After all, who decides which items should fall under that law? I'm sure there will be plenty of people with very strong, differing opinions on the topic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because this tends to happen in law, especially when it sets a precedent for future cases.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Would you care to provide some additional context? On some levels I agree with you, but I would be interested in hearing the rest of your thoughts on the matter.