# What is the highest, most fundamental principle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Philosophy\ **Created:** [November 20, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-is-the-highest-most-fundamental-principle/10551 "2023-11-20T06:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 89
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You know we have a couple other threads that would fit into better. This one is about loftier goals. 😉 🙋‍♂️ > [@Russian invasion to open a new chapter' in NATO history](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/russian-invasion-to-open-a-new-chapter-in-nato-history/9449): > > It comes as both Sweden and Finland consider joining NATO amid Russia’s ongoing military aggression in Ukraine. That could be seen as provocative by the Kremlin, but Mr Niinisto placed the blame firmly with the Russians for becoming more aggressive in their insistence on the countries’ neutrality - and because they had shown they were “ready to attack a neighbouring country”. “My response would be that you caused this - (Putin) look at the mirror.” Apparently Sweden and Finland are frighten… > [@NATO still has relevance](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/nato-still-has-relevance/6051): > > It seems to me obvious that with the resurgence in aggression of the part of the KGB derived totalitarian state in Russia that NATO still has great relevance in today’s world and specifically in protecting the safety and interests of much more open and democratic states in Europe and North America. This is the membership list of NATO starting in 1949 when it was first acknowledged that the wartime alliance with the USSR was over and the Stalin regime presented a very serious threat to freedom a… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/what-is-the-highest-most-fundamental-principle/10551)._