Principlev1PR-2001
When two genuine goods compete and both are backed…
When two genuine goods compete and both are backed by your values, make the choice based on your hierarchy while acknowledging the real loss of the unchosen good rather than diminishing it to eliminate grief.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives directly from Human values are incommensurable—they cannot be measured… (value incommensurability) and Negative events carry greater psychological weight… (loss looms larger). Prescribes holding both the choice and the grief based on the axiom that values are genuinely plural. This is a principle about how to navigate tragic tradeoffs, not just that they exist.