Valuing Compromise for the Common Good
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy Gutmann (The Centers, corresponding author), D F Thompson (0000-0003-1938-6436, Ethics and Public Policy Center), Dennis Thompson (DENNIS THOMPSON, a Fellow of the American Academy since 1994, is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Government and Professor of Public Policy in the Kennedy School at Harvard University. He is also the founding director of the University Center for Ethics and the Professions (now the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics) at Harvard. His publications include The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It (with Amy Gutmann, 2012)) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-198 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00212 |
| OpenAlex | W1853571250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Pursuing the common good in a pluralist democracy is not possible without making compromises. Yet the spirit of compromise is in short supply in contemporary American politics. The permanent campaign has made compromise more difficult to achieve, as the uncompromising mindset suitable for campaigning has come to dominate the task of governing. To begin to make compromise more feasible and the common good more attainable, we need to appreciate the distinctive value of compromise and recognize the misconceptions that stand in its way. A common mistake is to assume that compromise requires finding the common ground on which all can agree. That undermines more realistic efforts to seek classic compromises, in which each party gains by sacrificing something valuable to the other, and together they serve the common good by improving upon the status quo. Institutional reforms are desirable, but they, too, cannot get off the ground without the support of leaders and citizens who learn how and when to adopt a compromising mindset
Common ground · Compromise · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Mindset · Mistake · Political science · Politics · Simplicity · Status quo · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |