They argue that it is better to make some gains by compromise, than to make none by a determined pursuit of truth. Truth does not contradict itself. It is not something one day, and something else the following day. It is not a quality required of some but not of others. Truth transcends time, place, and circumstance.
Truth is steadfast and elevating.
Truth's standard is difficult to achieve, because we are so flawed with moral digression. Let us reflect upon some of the irreconcilable postures that plague the abortion controversy. The physical location is hardly a matter that determines whether or not the fetus is a human person. While it is true that the infant is more developed in the third trimester than he or she is in the first, it is also the case that a person is more developed at two years old than at two months old. A young man of twenty has greater maturation than a lad of twelve.