What we are talking about is a rationalized conformity -- an open, articulate philosophy which holds that group values are not only expedient but right and good as well".
This may be politically expedient, it looks good to keep civil servant numbers down; and maybe practical, you don't always have the skills you need.
And it's an easy, expedient and effective way to establish ethics and values; offer guidance and support; and establish good eating habits.
Mondoweiss, no stranger to dissenting opinions and questioning well-established and politically expedient narratives, did just that in good faith when it ran this post from a contributor named Mohammad from Vancouver, an apparent Iranian-Canadian.
According to Aristotle, "Now it is thought to be the mark of a man of practical wisdom to be able to deliberate well about what is good and expedient for himself, not in some particular respect, e.g. about what sorts of thing conduce to health or to strength, but about what sorts of thing conduce to the good life in general" (Nichomachean Ethics, VI, 1140a 1140b).
'Finally, to pass all such ordinances, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter or of the laws of the state, as may be expedient in maintaining the peace, good government, health, and welfare of the city, its trade, commerce, and manufactures, and to enforce the same by fines and penalties not exceeding $500, and by forfeitures not exceeding $1,000.
Money had to be raised by selling off the monastic lands, which had brought a good income; the desperate expedient of debasing the coinage, though it brought temporary succour, led to a violent inflation that made things worse.
At its core, political integrity is about touting policies and practices not because they are politically expedient, but because of the inherent good such policies visit upon the communities they touch.
Now, though, perhaps through the simple expedient of being more upright in his action and leaning back just a little more, he has been able to hit a good length hard.
We cannot strip from teachers the rights enjoyed by all other Americans under the pretense that it is just a temporary expedient which will last only until we have obtained a higher good.
