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Slippery slope examples in real life

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    The Slippery Slope is a logical fallacy that 
    occurs when it is assumed that a relatively
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    small first step leads to a chain of related 
    events culminating in some significant (usually
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    negative) effect. This fallacy suggests that 
    taking a specific action will inevitably lead
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    to other actions resulting in an undesirable 
    outcome, without providing sufficient evidence
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    for such inevitability.
    Everyday Example:
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    Consider an argument against relaxing work 
    dress codes said: "If we allow employees
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    to wear casual clothes on Fridays, soon 
    they'll start dressing casually every day,
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    and before we know it, the office will become 
    unprofessional and productivity will plummet."
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    This is a slippery slope fallacy because it 
    assumes a series of increasingly negative
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    and uncontrolled outcomes from 
    a simple change in dress code,
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    without evidence to support 
    such a drastic decline.
Title:
Slippery slope examples in real life
Description:

The Slippery Slope is a logical fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant (usually negative) effect. This fallacy suggests that taking a specific action will inevitably lead to other actions resulting in an undesirable outcome, without providing sufficient evidence for such inevitability.
Everyday Example:
Consider an argument against relaxing work dress codes said: "If we allow employees to wear casual clothes on Fridays, soon they'll start dressing casually every day, and before we know it, the office will become unprofessional and productivity will plummet."
This is a slippery slope fallacy because it assumes a series of increasingly negative and uncontrolled outcomes from a simple change in dress code, without evidence to support such a drastic decline.

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