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Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, wrote a confidential memo that became public in which he asked if our "war on terror" was creating more terrorists than it was eliminating. That was a policy failure red flag. Too often, we pursue policies that are not working, yet we continue to use the same faulty tools.
Many government policies fail to achieve the goals we intend, yet, over and over, we continue to apply the same principles that caused the policies to fail in the first place. So why don't we change them?
Redefining the Basis of Policy
In public policy, it is important to understand the distinction between the principles of dual morality and monomorality. The principle of dual morality applies a different standard of morality to oneself than to the "enemy." Dual morality creates fragmentation and fear, and most often thwarts the larger goals a citizenry wants to achieve. Monomorality applies one standard of morality to all, friend and foe alike, a path more likely to lead to peace.
 Dual Morality
Monomorality
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