Principle not Principal

A principle we should keep.
Apocalyptic situations are ever present in media nowadays, with it being a possibility within a couple hundred years. Zombies, cannibalism, chaos, and the struggle for survival leave many of us questioning our actions in situations like these. A big debate, would we really stick to the principles that define our character and personalities today? Have we stuck to the same principles that we lived by 10 years ago? Personally my answer would be no. When I was six i promised to never stop believing in magic like all of the adults I saw in the Disney movies. I would never lie, I would never lie, I would never cheat, and the yuckiest of all, I would never be friends with a boy, they had cooties...Yuck! So what makes 10 years into the future any different? Perhaps saying that you will always stick to your current principles is already breaking a very common principle, to never lie.

Personally, I try to avoid speaking for my future self. I'd say it is pretty unpredictable, and there's no telling if Ill be the same person in the next 10 years. We don't know what experiences await us, and its even less likely that it will be an apocalyptic situation. Many people say they would never kill a person, but what if someone was attacking you or your family? They would never steal, but have they ever gone a week without food and left in someone else's kitchen? Basic principles would be lost in  an apocalyptic world. The ones that keep our society in place today would not keep without society, because they both depend on each other. In The Road for example, self identity can be considered a principle. The father still grooms himself and the boy to stay clean. To remain as a civil human being. On the other hand, we see cannibals, who probably converted to cannibals after the apocalypse. If this is true, then it is unlikely that they kept the same principles pre-apocalypse. Therefore principles are temporary. Principals are also temporary, with or without apocalyptic situations.