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Margalit & Limits to Political Compromise

Laure Gillot-Assayag reflects on the political philosophy of Avishai Margalit.

Long neglected by political theorists, compromise has attracted renewed interest recently. Most analyses present compromise as a profoundly ambivalent concept. Sometimes, it is seen as an undesirable moral phenomenon, characterized by a loss of values, an acceptance of injustice or a betrayal of integrity. But compromise can also be viewed more positively, as a commendable decision-making model for resolving conflicts, or as a method for upholding values like mutual respect and reciprocity. Compromise can even be a goal for democracy in pluralist circumstances.

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