in thread "should we be anti-principle?": Your particular principles aside, about which i agree with >>2482, i see the pathology you are pointing out with taking abstract principles to be goals. But the way i would read this is the pathology of wrong or at least obsolete principles.... 6mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Your particular prin (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Thats true for principles as zero sum political tools, but the positive sum questions requires principles as leap-of-faith on strategy that must actually work on its own terms. 6mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7 Thats true for princ (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7