Principle and practice

The Ancient Jew proposes a framework slotting political debate into one of two categories:

• [Debate] based on enduring principles of right and wrong.
• [Debate] where the question is less right vs. wrong, and more a question about efficacy and workability of a given policy.

To the degree that my formal education addressed political debate, it centered on the former category to the unfortunate detriment of the latter.