Principlev1
Accept that honoring one value often requires sacrificing
Accept that honoring one value often requires sacrificing another, and interpret the emotional discomfort of that sacrifice as accurate information about real cost rather than evidence you chose wrong.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Emotions function as evaluative signals that provide (emotions function as evaluative signals), Losses loom larger than equivalent gains in human (losses loom larger than gains), and Emotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator (emotional states distort judgment in specific directions). The principle prescribes reinterpreting the discomfort of trade-offs as signal rather than error, enabling conscious navigation of inevitable value conflicts.