Does it bug (B) you to see people act "self-righteous", i.e., publicly affirming they act right in some context, esp. relative to others? If so does it generally bug you more when you agree they act right? Or more only if you know other contexts where they act less right?
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Replying to @robinhanson
I don’t feel anything when people are self-righteous and obviously not acting right. I feel good when they’re self-righteous about doing something I also do. I feel bad when they’re self-righteous about something I don’t currently do, but find it plausible that I should.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
You didn't address the last question, which seems to identify the main reason most people are bugged by self-righteousness.
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Replying to @robinhanson
Doesn’t matter to me at all. “But there’s another context where they act less right” is a confabulation IMO, that allows you to defend yourself from the real issue: that you’re ambivalent about whether or not to change your behavior to match their preaching.
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Most bad feelings, at least for me, consist of ambivalence about what I should do. Without ambivalence, I can of course feel physical pain, but not unhappiness.
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