On Friday morning, I walked past this sign on the Chicago Gold Coast. It advertises "uncompromising rental residencies." In this context, the adjective "uncompromising" describes luxury that spares nothing. You can have lots of space, a good location, and a nice lake view. You need not "compromise" anything.
But having just read hundreds of pages of court filings in a medical futility conflict, I am too aware of the pejorative sense of "uncompromising" that describes a party being demanding and hardened. Fortunately, parties can and do reach consensus in the vast majority of end-of-life treatment conflicts.
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