Social conservatism has a very healthy respect for the concept of a slippery slope, which in and of itself is just fine from an epistemic point of view. The idea that social issues themselves are one unified slippery slope, though, is crucial to US-like social conservatism.
The idea of social issues being one unified slippery slope may or may not be true. (Unlikely. p<0.1, I think.) It is definitely informed by contemporary religious organizations, though.
Social conservatism has a very healthy respect for the concept of a slippery slope, which in and of itself is just fine from an epistemic point of view.
I understand and mostly agree; e.g. in the last infanticide thread, I went so far as to suggest that I'd bite the other bullet and consider banning abortion when technology blurs the line between pregnancy and birth even more. Yeah, that would bring real disutility to people, and banning post-birth infanticide in itself is already bringing some, but I hate the idea of putting up with infanticide enough t...
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