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The Slippery Slope Is A Perfectly Valid Argument

It’s happened to all of us at one time or another.  You’re having an argument, calmly and coolly explaining to someone that although a particular policy might not have any immediate negative effects, you still oppose it because you believe … Continue reading

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How To Argue For Drug Legalization

Previously, in the discussion of why I prefer “hard” arguments to easy ones, drug legalization came up as the example of an easy argument.  Of course, many disagreed, claiming that we should first attempt to achieve gains that are plausibly … Continue reading

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