Assertion: compromise | /r/HasProperty | improvement
Facets:
value: over the status quo
type: OTHER
value: from the perspectives of all sides
type: OTHER
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The problem with driving a moral stake in the ground at one generation--or anywhere else--is that it arbitrarily limits the range of consequences that should be considered in assessing whether the compromise is an improvement over the status quo.
text: If a compromise really is an improvement, then the compromising mindset opens up opportunities for achieving greater justice.
text: Although (as we have suggested) it is a mistake to try to judge the overall value of a compromise by a set of coherent principles, it is still necessary to decide whether the compromise is an improvement over the status quo.
text: Such a justification requires showing that the compromise is an improvement from the perspectives of all sides.
text: The judgment that a compromise is an improvement is in principle contestable, sometimes reasonably so.