Yvain said there are slippery slopes and identified Schelling points as a natural stopping point of them. Nonetheless, I think we should be suspicious of the slippery-slop argument because it can easily be a fully general counter argument unless it resorts to specific evidence in support.
Edit: My question is more directed at the divide you asserted between "classical rationality" and whatever alternative you think is better.
it can easily be a fully general counter argument unless it resorts to specific evidence in support.
Right. So
is a poor slippery slope, whereas
is not.
http://www.yourlogicalfallacyis.com
Just printed an A3 of this.
See now http://lesswrong.com/lw/c9u/logical_fallacies_poster_a_lesswrong_adaptation/