Bedingungen und Formen „gütlichen Einvernehmens“

Compromises are the creative result of a peaceful handling of conflicts. They become possible if the conflicting parties are held together by mutual dependencies and if some facilitating conditions exist, most importantly the divisibility of the object the fighting parties compete for, possibilities for compensation, and the “enlarging of the shadow of future” (Axelrod). However, compromises can remain contested and instable if one of the participating parties thinks they do not accord to the principle of “fair exchange” or, furthermore, if relevant “third parties” believe their externalities not to accord to “public welfare”. Political regulations thought to inhibit these effects do inhibit the working out of compromises, too. Making compromises stable in effect limits the chance that they come about.