Thinking a lot at the moment about the balance between principles & pragmatism and between making good arguments & negotiating.
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I tend to like arguments & principles & particularly arguments for principles. You might have noticed. Reading other ppls & making my own.
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But to focus solely on this is to neglect how things work in practice and whether what you're doing will have the outcome you want.
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I like think that the *definition* of a good principle is that it has useful, pragmatic outcomes for society as a whole.
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That's why I defend freedom of thought and expression for example: a society with it is going to be much better in the long run.
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eg, This pragmatic approach to defending free speech.https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/01/shut-up-for-free-speech/ …
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