[ExI] humility

Ben Zaiboc ben at zaiboc.net
Sun Oct 18 21:14:27 UTC 2020


On 18/10/2020 01:06, BillW wrote:
> re arrogance:  do people who have accomplished a lot deserve to be 
> arrogant?  Or does arrogance include qualities we don't like?

I'm not sure I understand this. Does cruelty include qualities we don't 
like? Hostility? Willful ignorance?

In my book, arrogance is always a bad thing. 'Deserve to be arrogant' is 
a non-sequitur. Even 'justifiably arrogant' doesn't run, it's never 
justified.

-- 
Ben Zaiboc



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