The phrase "ideological principle" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The party's ideological principles were based on equality and social justice.
The question of "political vision" also implies the existence of an ideology or an ideological principle, or norms.
But to the "middle third" these positions seemed motivated not by ideological principle but by greed.
"My focus moved from an ideological principle to a pleasure principle," he has said.
Any attempt to amalgamate them requires an absolutely extraordinary subordination of political and ideological principle by all sides.
For most of the past decade, magical thinking has been elevated from a diversion to an ideological principle.
Probably, though, the promise of a permanent Republican majority in the midwest will dissolve whatever shreds of ideological principle remain in the party.
It's just that YouTube's not really supposed to have any aesthetic or ideological principles, is it?
Every day, he faced similar decisions between the ideological principles of the libertarian movement and the transactional politics required to get him closer to the White House.
"It is one thing if it is based on betrayal and material gain," he said, "and it's quite another thing if it is based on ideological principles".
Even among stalwart conservatives, Mr. Phillips was known for being especially devoted to the ideological principles of the right, including limited government, traditional family values, strong national defense and opposition to abortion.
There are ideological principles in play here and a couple of provocations, as when Lopakhin's triumphal jig takes on the rhythms of a tribal dance (the original music is by Nico Muhly).
