The Spirit of Compromise in the Western Democratic Politics

In the West,compromise is not only a common phenomenon,but also has been accepted by western culture.In many countries,compromise becomes the value and tradition cherished by the public and society.The cause of this is that compromise is considered to be closely related with liberty and democracy which is the two key ideas of western society.As for liberty,compromise is the only way to settle conflict except violence,and to settle conflict in a compromise way is the basic tendency of liberal democratic politics,so compromise is the price that has to be paid for liberty.As for democracy,compromise is consistent with the key ideas of democratic politics such as people’s consent and protecting minority, so the spirit of compromise has some important significances in ensuring the healthy operation of democracy,so it’s said that compromise is the important spiritual condition of democracy.