Thinking a lot at the moment about the balance between principles & pragmatism and between making good arguments & negotiating.
By 'principle' I mean things like, say, gender equality. By 'pragmatic' I mean the things done in service of this.
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I agree, assuming you are using pragmatic as an adjective to describe actions that support or establish a principle.
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I also think principles themselves can be pragmatic (or not). A principle that everyone must earn the same hourly wage, for example, is not.
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That's not what I mean by a principle. The principle would be something to do with fairness or being able to live. The plan wld be pragmatic
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I see a principle as a "foundational belief". Almost any belief can be a principle, if you are willing to accept it as such.
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Sure but can a plan be? I don't really want to debate definitions but usually when talking principles vs pragmatics, the latter is the doing
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This is the ethic we want to work by & these are the practicalities of how it will work. That is what I meant anyway.
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Think we're on the same page. Definitions are very important though! Hard to align on a good plan if people have different definitions.
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Well, we just sorted that out. What we meant. So conversation can continue.
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