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This sort of argument is generally recognized as a [[logical fallacy]].
This sort of argument is generally recognized as a [[logical fallacy]].
==Quotations illustrating use==
:The cry for the rates in addition to the taxes has been going up from the clerical for years. But they were warned by the late Archbishop of Canterbury not to attempt it, for as surely as they succeeded they would lose their control of their sectarian schools. They would be on the "slippery slope," he said, in a characteristic phrase. However, they have taken the plung, and the Education Acts of 1902 and 1903 are the results.—John Clifford, 1905<ref>"Clifford, John (190-) ("The Rev. John Clifford, D.D."), "Passive Resistance in England and Wales." ''The North American Review,'' 1905, [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0mtYjU29qkWCiIvihryzCSI&id=sF0CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA436&lpg=PA436&dq=%22slippery+slope%22&as_brr=1#PPA436,M1 p. 436]
::—John Clifford, <ref>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Non Causa Pro Causa]]
*[[Non Causa Pro Causa]]