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Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Ethics > Ethical Analysis > Wedge Argument
... > Humanities > Philosophy > Morals > Ethics > Ethical Analysis > Wedge Argument
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Preferred term

Wedge Argument  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An assertion that an action apparently unobjectionable in itself would set in motion a train of events leading ultimately to an undesirable outcome. (From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 1995)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Slippery Slope Argument

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