A small note, regarding the slippery slope (mentioned in an interview with the Maase project in 70)
A small note, regarding the slippery slope issue – there is an article in Harvard Law Review that opposes the slippery slope argument, and also a ruling by Aharon Barak. I referred to this article and Barak’s ruling in my ruling, and the things were also brought up in my list on the subject. The ruling and the list are attached.
Two notes. Maimonides is controversial (Thus disagrees with him and believes that clear circumstantial evidence is sufficient).
A distinction must be made between two situations (I think we discussed this once, following an article by Eli Rubinstein on the slippery slope – as I think he brought the ruling that one does not draw a conclusion for another): 1. When the boundary is unclear, there is a great danger of slipping into the problematic direction. 2. When the boundary is unclear, it is possible that I am already doing something problematic here and now and not noticing. For example, it is not clear to me whether Maimonides is talking about 1 or 2.
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