What Constitutes Viable Principles?

If two different groups of people have different belief systems, what do you do in a situation like that? And one answer is you capitulate. Another answer might be that you come to some consensus about how the difference between those different belief systems might be mediated so that you can inhabit the same territory without subordination or conflict. But if you're going to come together an agreement, you can't do that simply by abandoning the belief system. The negotiation is very tricky, and because of that, it often ends up in subordination or conflict - but i don't think we should leap to that conclusion so rapidly....