ADMS 2400 Chapter 6: CHAPTER 6
26 Sep 2015
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Moral and political arguments when there are facts to accompany argumentation, one can rely on deductive or empirical arguments. Moral and/or political arguments tend to argue how things ought to be: empirical reasoning and moral reasoning are primarily at work. Slippery-slope arguments an argument that focuses on the consequences of a particular initial action or event. Thus, some action or event will cause a series of actions or events, which will result in a particular final outcome. Inquire: does the causal chain seem plausible? (this requires empirical reasoning. ) Is the final consequence desired or undesired? (this requires moral reasoning. ) It the chain of reasoning from the initial action or even does not reasonable lead to the final effect (the conclusion), then the argument may be false. A good argument against a slippery slope will show that either the causal chain is improbable or the final consequence is unrealistic.
