Failed Conservative Values: Arun Akkineni on Self-Righteousness

So that to me is a bit scary.  It’s like when you live in a civil society or in a society that’s democratic, and you’re trying to talk about democratic values at the end of the day, then the opinion of people matters.  So you need to have policy thinkers who are able to actually incorporate the values of people, rather than being encompassed by self-righteousness ideologies.  And this is one thing that is very scary, in my opinion.

One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.  Moliere

Self-Righteousness Definition: At Onelook

  - Convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic

 - Believing that your ideas and behavior are morally better than those of other people:

- Confident in one's own righteousness, self-assured, smug.  The book of Job warns us against self-righteousness, since no man can justify himself to God.

 - Confident of one's own righteousness, esp. when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.

 
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 'Well, self-righteousness is better than no righteousness at all, isn't it?

Some Questions for Discussion:

 -  How would you improve these Progressive Values Stories?

 -  If self-righteousness is a Failed Conservative Value, what is the alternative Progressive Value? What is the opposite of self-righteousness? 
 

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