Question

Read the following situation:

If we were to allow students to wear shorts to school, eventually the students would decide to come to school wearing only their underwear. Therefore, we should not allow students to wear shorts to school.

This is an example of the:

A) False Cause Fallacy.

B) Psychologist’s Fallacy.

C) Slippery Slope Fallacy.

D) If by Whisky Fallacy.

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) Slippery Slope Fallacy.

Step-by-step explanation:

The argument presented in the situation assumes that one event will inevitably lead to a series of increasingly negative events without sufficient evidence or logical support. The idea that allowing students to wear shorts to school will inevitably lead to them coming to school in only their underwear is an extreme and unlikely conclusion that is not logically linked to the initial proposal. This type of reasoning is known as a slippery slope fallacy.