Tracks closely with Nathaniel Branden's description of a healthy self esteem: The ability to honesty say two things: I have a right to exist, and I am competent to face life's challenges.
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Why is #1 a virtue? Important & necessary? Yes. Ultimately beneficial for others as well? Yes. But, virtuous? Why?
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This has stopped me in my tracks and I’ve read it several times over. 3. is the charm, as you say.
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But isn't "sovereignty" indistinguishable from confidence? And in that case, not a virtue but simply a psychological trait, subject to personality-driven variations (extraversion & neuroticism) and lots of biases?
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Isn't 3 better known as freedom?
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I think the difference is similar to wisdom vs knowledge. freedom is the ability to change your course, sovereignty is knowing and executing the "right" course
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Ad 2 I believe searching for one truth is setting yourself up for failure. When it comes to the things we cannot measure each has their own truth.
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So can we define this type of personal "sovereignty" as a right of self determination?
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@kelseyTuoc, but my answer would be: 1. You are the authority on what your preferences/desires/fears are. That's separate from the question of what you should do about them, but still an important component... - Show replies
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