Socrates might say that because we have not had a vision of the Good, we desire, speak, and cannot stabilize just relationships:

 

"In the world of knowledge, the last thing to be perceived and only with great difficulty is the essential Form of Goodness.  Once it is perceived, the conclusion must follow that, for all things, this is the cause of whatever is right and good..."  Socrates, in Plato's "Allegory of the Cave."

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How can what is difficult to articulate, yet supremely important,  find its way into and inform the world of action and choice?  How can the ineffable be pragmatic?

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Given a concern that all ideals and myths can license terror, what is the role of the ineffable in critiquing claims while also realizing the inherent limitation of all claims?