value conflict
Principles at odds
A value conflict is a clash between competing principles or priorities, where honoring one means compromising another.
The conflict may be internal—wanting both career success and family time—or between people with different beliefs: The debate over surveillance reflects a value conflict between security and privacy.
Value conflicts often have no clean resolution, only trade-offs.
- moral dilemmaChoice testing one's values
- moralConcerning right conduct
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- tensionStretched or strained state
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
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Principles held in common
common ground · solidarity · like-mindedness · mutual understanding
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Shared agreement between parties
accord · concord · solidarity · cooperation · harmony
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Unambiguous sense of right
inner harmony · integrity · moral certainty · peace of mind · wholeness
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