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compromise

1 essay on compromise from the Consilium journal. Featuring Clausewitz, Aristotle, Vaclav Havel. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Ethics

When Is It Right to Bend a Rule You Believe In?

Three thinkers disagree about principled compromise. Clausewitz says friction is real. Aristotle says rules exist to serve something deeper. Havel says complicity compounds.

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