(April 23, 2018 at 12:43 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(April 23, 2018 at 12:38 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I’m going off on a tangent here but I do like to keep a good edge on this particular ax. You brought it on yourself by using “moral high ground”. That makes me think of the xtian lust for moral exceptionalism. Of course in the US they mostly suck at it, not they would all like to think they’ll be in the rank of the moral best once they’re foregiven.Yeah, they're amateurs.
Quote:But I don’t want that. On my grave stone (not that I’d have one) I’d like it written “he wasn’t such an asshole”, “wasn’t a moral narcissst”, that sort of thing. But I’m not looking to win any moral events. No medals for me. Rather in my obit let it be said he didn’t moral obsessions distract him in his pursuit aesthetic pleasure and meaning.[/rant]It would make for an interesting headstone. I think, though, that you probably do want to feel that your actions fall within a comfortably moral range. Both "he wasn't such an asshole" and "wasn't a moral narcissist" are moral awards...moral accolades. You beat the assholes and the narcissists. Those declarations establish a relative high ground between you and whomever falls into the other sets of "was such an asshole" and "totally unbearable narcissist".
You're just such a solid guy you don't want to make a big fuss out of it, even though the other guys are a bunch of narcissistic assholes. That might even add another inch in moral elevation.
Yeah it is a slippery slope feeling above the fray with out inadvertently moving the needle on ones moral ranking.
The truth is being raised in a weirdly xtian home I can’t help having picked up some things. But I do chafe when they surface.
