Why not forgo the arguments and do all three? There were two reasons. First, if one has a policy of resolving conflict by adopting all the options on the table, there will be no incentive for anyone to develop and sharpen their arguments in the first place. Only the prospect of choice inspires peoples’ best arguments about the pluses of their own proposals and the negatives of others’. As in the law, disciplined conflict calls forth stronger evidence and reasoning.
