principlesbalance
Principlesbalance is a conceptual framework used to resolve conflicts among competing principles by weighing their relative importance. It is applied in ethics, governance, risk management, and product design to make decisions that reflect multiple values rather than a single metric.
Core elements include identifying the relevant principles, assessing their normative weight or priority, applying explicit balancing
Methods employed range from hierarchical rule ordering and explicit weights to multi-criteria decision analysis, Pareto optimization,
Process steps commonly involve: 1) listing applicable principles; 2) identifying potential conflicts among them; 3) assigning
Applications include corporate governance and ethics programs, regulatory and public policy design, risk assessment, and artificial
Critics argue that balancing principles introduces subjectivity and context dependence, and may obscure principled disagreements. Proponents
See also: ethics, decision theory, multi-criteria decision analysis, deontology, utilitarianism.