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Question

We should not serve desserts in the school cafeteria. If we offer desserts, students may stop choosing healthy foods in the cafeteria. They will expect to eat junk food and dessert for lunch every day, and their eating habits may get worse at home as well.
What type of fallacious reasoning does this argument use?

(1 point)
Responses

false analogy
false analogy

appeal to authority
appeal to authority

slippery slope
slippery slope

red herring
red herring

Answer 1

The argument uses slippery slope reasoning. It suggests that allowing desserts in the school cafeteria will lead to a chain reaction of negative consequences, such as students choosing unhealthy foods and developing poor eating habits at home.