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Slippery slope argument: just because one believes that there are some instances in which [killing people, lying, cheating, torture, etc.] is acceptable does not mean that one would then be free to engage in those behaviors at any time. This inference is clearly fallacious.
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Not so. My point is exactly what Lebell argued, though I did it in perhaps a less-than-clear fashion. Humanity has a tendancy to push the limits on what's acceptable in the eyes of general society, as Lebell and Yakk said. Once you take a step down that road, it's a long slope down to the bottom.