Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
The school requires us to be on time. If you can't even obey this rule, then what's to stop you from doing something worse, like stealing?
A: slippery slope fallacy: the false assumption that a small first step will lead to extreme consequences
B: appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good
C: bandwagon fallacy: the assumption that the popular choice is automatically correct
The text argues that being late to school will lead to becoming a thief. However, this argument wrongly suggests that the inability to follow a rule about being on time to school will necessarily lead to the breaking of other rules. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as the slippery slope fallacy.