Self-righteousness (also called sententiousness) is a feeling of smug moral superiority derived from a sense that one’s beliefs, actions, or affiliations are of greater virtue than those of the average person.
Righteous: upright, moral, justified.
Self-righteous: confident of being righteous.
Righteous is positive, while self-righteous is negative. Terrorists were those who have blinded themselves with self-righteousness and were not amenable to reason and logic. When this small minority resorts to coercion … they turn into terrorists.This is example of extreme self righteousness.They feel they are killing and doing acts of destruction for a cause which is justified and correct from his heart.
In case of big organisations if CEO happens to be having a image of himself as a self righteous man the whole organisation can run into a deep trouble.
Shivsena who comes and destroys flowers and greeting card on valentines day and hurts the couples ,feel that their cause is right .They are not letting ideas from west invade into east.This act comes from feeling of self righteousness.
Adolf Hitler who led the world war 2 should be called self righteous man who ordered killing of thousand of jews in gas chambers as he felt he was right .
This attitude is developed due to certain beliefs and ideas which are thought process of persons upbringing.The way the person is brought up from childhood determines his values.He feels he is right in all possible ways than others.Their is no rational and logical thinking .
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