tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421292.post8407984384440072077..comments2023-10-15T05:36:30.814-04:00Comments on Deadline Pundit: Annan's Principled PragmatismDeadline Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918842534306990045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421292.post-17356010228384086212008-01-19T19:17:00.000-05:002008-01-19T19:17:00.000-05:00All too often idealists set impossibly high goals ...All too often idealists set impossibly high goals and then condemn those who fail to meet them in full.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, cynical pragmatists have no goals.<BR/><BR/>I would characterise principled pragmatism as having high goals and striving for them, but in the full knowledge that compromises will be necessary. As long as the result is an improvement over before you can start again. One could call it the Fabian approach.<BR/><BR/>IanDeadline Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918842534306990045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19421292.post-12750781385310086832008-01-19T19:07:00.000-05:002008-01-19T19:07:00.000-05:00Greetings,Thank you for the explication, and can y...Greetings,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the explication, and can you speak to (with) us on the history and thrust of 'principled pragmatism'.<BR/><BR/>Is it sometimes a model or platform (or other) with emphasis on concepts, which to have "real" meaning must be put into action - and sometimes a call to action with a reminder to apply values.<BR/><BR/>Or all or some or none of the above ?<BR/><BR/>Thanking you and with best wishes,<BR/><BR/>Dr. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff<BR/>*Respectful Interfaces*.<BR/>Individual e-Post.<BR/>For I.D.: Communications Coordination Committee for the U.N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com