of political dialog and arguments, which causes it to be a branch of the philosophy of language.
Philosophical criticism in politics explores human commitments in the context of the principals or values accepted by humanity. Such criticism provides a basis for testing the coherency of commitments and values. When incoherency can be demonstrated, choices between values and incompatible commitments may be forced. In the real world, discrepancies between expectations and doctrine invite both criticism and reformulation. In the contemporary world, however, values are often reformed, rather than commitments.
That which begins as an exercise to realign principles with accepted contemporary practices also provides a basis for the development of new practices. Thus, in the future, it may once again become necessary to realign principles to conform with the then contemporary practices. When this process has been repeated many times, the original principals or values often become completely ob
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