You can't choose between evil and evil, in the dark, by logic. You can only cling to some safety line of principle.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- In dark moral choices, logic fails. Cling to principles instead.
- In plain terms
- Principles matter more than logic in hard choices.
- What can you take from it?
- Hold to principle when logic fails.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What principles guide you?
- What do you cling to?
Another view
Principles can be rigid in complex situations.
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