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- Slippery slope
Logical fallacy in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant effect
In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because the slippery slope advocate believes it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends. The core of the slippery slope argument is that a specific decision under debate is likely to result in unintended consequences. The strength of such an argument depends on whether the small step really is likely to lead... Wikipedia
