Slippery SlopeSlippery Slope

JayTodd Richey and Chris BarnesJayTodd Richey and Chris Barnes

Slippery SlopeSlippery Slope Slippery SlopeSlippery Slope- a fallacy in - a fallacy in

which a person asserts that which a person asserts that some event must inevitably some event must inevitably follow from another without follow from another without any argument for the any argument for the inevitability of the event in inevitability of the event in questionquestion

Example: Event X has Example: Event X has occurred, therefore, event Y occurred, therefore, event Y will inevitably happenwill inevitably happen

““You can never give anyone a You can never give anyone a break. If you do, they’ll walk break. If you do, they’ll walk

all over you.”all over you.”

If the baby begins to walk, then he will If the baby begins to walk, then he will have to do choreshave to do chores

One small thing will lead to dire thingsOne small thing will lead to dire things

Slippery Slope VideosSlippery Slope Videos

Don’t Have a Grandson With a Dog Don’t Have a Grandson With a Dog Collar:Collar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-zG5U0v3gUzG5U0v3gUStop Taking in Stray Animals:Stop Taking in Stray Animals:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObFc64OnEk&feature=relatedObFc64OnEk&feature=relatedDon’t Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch:Don’t Wake Up in a Roadside Ditch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7udQSHWpL88&feature=relateddQSHWpL88&feature=related

The CrucibleThe Crucible

Act 1- pg. 170:Act 1- pg. 170:

Abigail: “Uncle we did dance…but they’re Abigail: “Uncle we did dance…but they’re speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched.”speakin’ of witchcraft. Betty’s not witched.”

Parris: “Abigail, I cannot go before the Parris: “Abigail, I cannot go before the congregation when I know you have not congregation when I know you have not opened with me. What did you do with her opened with me. What did you do with her in the forest?”in the forest?”

Parris assumes that, solely because Abigail Parris assumes that, solely because Abigail was was dancingdancing with other girls in the forest, with other girls in the forest, she was practicing witchcraftshe was practicing witchcraft

The Crucible Cont.The Crucible Cont.

Act 1- pg. 169Act 1- pg. 169

Susanna: “Aye, sir, he have been Susanna: “Aye, sir, he have been searchin’ his books since he left you, searchin’ his books since he left you, sir. But he bid me tell you, that you sir. But he bid me tell you, that you might look to unnatural things for might look to unnatural things for the cause of it.”the cause of it.”

Just because Betty is in a “coma”, Just because Betty is in a “coma”, they assume she is a victim of they assume she is a victim of witchcraftwitchcraft

CitationsCitations

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"Slippery Slope." "Slippery Slope." GoogleGoogle. Web. 17 Feb. . Web. 17 Feb. 2012. <http://google.com>.2012. <http://google.com>.

"DIRECT TV." "DIRECT TV." YouTube - Broadcast YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.Yourself. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. Web. 17 Feb. 2012. <http://youtube.com>.<http://youtube.com>.

Miller, Arthur. Miller, Arthur. The CrucibleThe Crucible. New York, NY: . New York, NY: Penguin, 1996. Print.Penguin, 1996. Print.