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526 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scroogey 15 Nov \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon

Some say a complete lack of anger is a deficiency, inirascibility.

Well, I was mainly talking about unmotivated anger.

Anger that stems from lack of critical thinking and empathy. Anger that stems from a single perspective being explored. Anger that stems from solipsism.

I wasn't clear enough, but there's anger and anger. It is, for me, embarrassing to withstand or produce a tantrum without a good cause.

55 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scroogey 21h

Doesn't self-righteousness have clearly negative connotations? From Wikipedia

Self-righteousness is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of the average person.

If, as in the example, a person sees an animal being mistreated, and considers that an unacceptable injustice, and feels anger, motivating them to intervene, you'd call that self-righteous? Because the person believes they are morally superior due to their belief in animal rights? While, in fact, the average person would not agree?

Perceiving injustice is usually self-righteousness?

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @sox 21h

you'd call that self-righteous?

no because:

moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own [...] to be of greater virtue than those of the average person.

Self-righteousness is basically moral arrogance, which is bad, we're talking superiority. Your example, instead, is empathy-based moral conviction.

169 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scroogey 21h

So there exists anger without self-righteousness? Then self-righteousness can't be the defining characteristic of anger.

(I'm not arguing petty anger doesn't exist or isn't the most common, or shouldn't be kept in check after having considered self-righteousness, btw.)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 21h

I'm not saying that I'm right by not getting angry ever (even though I do get angry sometimes, I'm human). I'm saying that if you can choose between rational thinking and anger, and you choose anger, then that's a display of self-righteousness.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 21h

Thanks, the fact that you were only talking about anger as you described is, in my opinion, an important nuance that I felt was worth digging into and adding to the discussion

1000 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 22h

I’m pretty sure he doesn’t mean complete lack of anger.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Nov

This is great, thanks for sharing!

He had identified a huge injustice in our world, and his anger would motivate him to attack it.

💯

I’m sure Satoshi was also pretty pissed at banks when he wrote the first version of Bitcoin and didn’t take any credit for it by disappearing two years later