Down the Slippery Slope: Arguing in Applied Ethics

By David Lamb

Book Overview

A slippery slope' argument in medical ethics is one that opposes itself to a new proposal on the grounds that it is not per se intolerable but will lead to a situation that is. Lamb evaluates such arguments, demonstrating their centrality to the subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138873861
• ISBN13: 9781138873865
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"