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.... 2y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3 3 Your particular prin (view hidden) log in to judge received 3 3 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. 2y ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3 3 Thats true for princ (view hidden) log in to judge received 3 3