Principled Compromise and the Abortion Controversy

Philosophy and Public Affairs 33 (4):317-348 (2005)
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I argue against the claim that there are principled as well as pragmatic reasons for compromise in politics, even within the context of reasonable moral disagreements such as the abortion controversy.

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Two kinds of respect.Stephen L. Darwall - 1977 - Ethics 88 (1):36-49.

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