The Slippery Slope: a warning call on a real problem

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to discuss the slippery slope argument that is used as an instrument of dialogue in bioethics to support and justify certain behaviors that, if carried out, have an irreversible effect. The causal relationship of this argument is not similar to that of the physical world, and with an acceptable degree of uncertainty, the links between the elements would be indisputable and unable to stop the final stage. With this variable strength ratio, you are trying to convince yourself of the risks involved in doing something that is so objectionable that it will end in a disastrous result. By not being able to do experiments, the inductive argument loses part of its force and the analogy will acquire more argumentative force.