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On Compromise and Rotten Compromises

Avishai Margalit, Joanne J. Myers

December 9, 2009

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Compromise can be a political virtue, especially for the sake of peace. When is political compromise acceptable, and when is it fundamentally rotten? What if a rotten compromise is politically necessary? Are there moral limits to acceptable compromise, and what are those limits?
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