[ExI] humility

Ben Zaiboc ben at zaiboc.net
Tue Oct 20 08:06:55 UTC 2020


On 18/10/2020 22:24, Dan TheBookMan wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:18 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>  wrote:
>> 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.
> I would distinguish between arrogance and pride, though the two are
> often confused. Any form of pride tends to be seen as arrogance by
> many, no?

I should hope everyone would distinguish between arrogance and pride! 
They are totally different things. I'm not quite sure how they can be 
confused with each other. I can't see anyone mistaking Microsoft's 
attitude to their customers as pride, for instance.

-- 
Ben Zaiboc

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