"agreement on principles" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a mutual understanding between two parties about the principles that guide their relationship or agreement. For example, "The two companies reached an agreement on principles that would govern their joint venture."
Subsequent to A Theory of Justice, in Kantian and Political Constructivism, Rawls says that the parties to the original position have a "higher-order interest" in the exercise and development of their capacity for a sense of justice (as well as in their capacity to be rational), and that fulfilling this interest is one of the main aims behind their agreement on principles of justice.
"They should come back and, in short, reach agreement on principles," Mr. Lantos said.
There's wide agreement on principles but it will be a nightmare in practice.
Nonetheless this diversity of practice is tempered by increasing agreement on principles.
Well, the bipartisan "agreement on principles" released on Thursday looks a lot better than the original Paulson plan.
The new compromise appears devised to eke out a modest agreement on principles that each country would adhere to voluntarily.
This broad agreement on principle leaves ample room for disagreement over the particulars, as witnessed by the recurring debates over affirmative action and minority rights.
The Taliban and Hezb-e-Islami are opposed to the bilateral security agreement on principle, and the Taliban have threatened to kill jirga delegates who endorse the security agreement.
The Bush administration said it was important for the leaders to reach broad agreements on principles and have committees of experts come back with concrete proposals for the next meeting.
When he and his publisher began working on the projects, Mr. Granger said, "we came to an agreement on certain principles, and one was that there had to be real, viable reader benefit to any of the things we did".
The approach would require agreement on two principles.
