> Compromises (and limited-choice situations) test our values.
Testing values strengthens them. People dig into their positions when they are challenged. That's why it's so hard to convince anybody to anything. When values are not challenged they fade.
Our values dictate our choices. Compromises (and limited-choice situations) test our values.
From a deontological perspective, compromise destroys values.
From a consequentialist perspective, compromise doesn't have any effect on the values as the consequence is the higher value.
From a virtue ethics' perspective, values are character traits virtually decoupled from habits and other choices.