thinking you are better than other people who don't make the same exact choices you do
Yes, people don't like to say it, but it's incoherent to deny it. If you've made a well considered choice you are saying it's the right thing to do and you're saying that it would also be the right thing to do for someone else in comparable circumstances so at least in that very limited respect you're compelled to believe that you're better than that person for making that choice. I'm with Sartre, when you choose you choose for all humankind. (Of course, that doesn't mean you can't allow the person to make the choice, or respect their choice, but you can't evade the implicit judgement as much as that abhors us)
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Date: 7/5/10 00:45 (UTC)Yes, people don't like to say it, but it's incoherent to deny it. If you've made a well considered choice you are saying it's the right thing to do and you're saying that it would also be the right thing to do for someone else in comparable circumstances so at least in that very limited respect you're compelled to believe that you're better than that person for making that choice. I'm with Sartre, when you choose you choose for all humankind. (Of course, that doesn't mean you can't allow the person to make the choice, or respect their choice, but you can't evade the implicit judgement as much as that abhors us)