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Moral superiority is the belief or attitude that one's position and actions are justified by having higher moral values than others.

It can refer to:

  • Morality, when two systems of morality are compared
    • Moral high ground
  • Self-righteousness, when proclamations and posturing of moral superiority become a negative personal trait
  • Superiority complex, when the moral superiority is a psychological reaction to insecurity and self-doubt

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Moral superiority

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compared Moral high ground Self-righteousness, when proclamations and posturing of moral superiority become a negative personal trait Superiority complex...

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Moral equivalence

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claim that the underlying economic motivation eroded any claims of moral superiority, leaving the hostile acts (in Korea, Hungary, Cuba, Vietnam, Afghanistan...

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Noble savage

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civilization. As such, the noble savage symbolizes the innate goodness and moral superiority of a primitive people living in harmony with Nature. In the heroic...

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Ur of the Chaldees

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Biblical authors distanced themselves from the Amorites to assert their moral superiority. Another possible location for Ur of the Chaldees (Ur Kasdim) is the...

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Cleanliness

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also important in many forms of manufacturing. As an assertion of moral superiority or respectability, cleanliness has played a role in establishing cultural...

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Misanthropy

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once. This form of misanthropy may be accompanied by a feeling of moral superiority in which the misanthrope considers themselves to be better than everyone...

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Nouveau riche

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claims of status and honor and moral superiority". Ruling classes make claims in defense of the ascribed superiority of wealth inherited through "blood...

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Engineered uterus

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PMID 32601434. Kendal, Evie; Koplin, Julian J. (January 2022). "The Moral Superiority of Bioengineered Wombs and Ectogenesis for Absolute Uterine Factor...

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Evolutionary ethics

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evolutionary theory undermines certain widely held views of humans' moral superiority over other animals. Evolutionary metaethics asks how evolutionary...

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Heart of Darkness

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European colonists, thereby demonstrating his scepticism about the moral superiority of European men. Ending a passage that describes the condition of...

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Deloping

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the Younger, a British prime minister, chose to delope to indicate "moral superiority" since he had been forced into a duel with another Member of Parliament...

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The Vision of the Anointed

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Basis for Social Policy. ISBN 978-0465089956. Cater, Nick (24 October 2021). "Sense, logic abandoned in climate of moral superiority". The Australian....

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Portrait of Madame X

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vocal about their disapproval of Madame X, "as if to assert their moral superiority." Davis also explains that, while there were plenty of nude paintings...

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The Moonraker

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film takes care to establish the moral superiority of the Roundheads. Its soldiery are on the whole presented as moral men convinced of the probity of...

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Yellow Peril

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culture, the "yellow" color of "Eastern gold" symbolizes the innate moral superiority of the East over the West.: 53–54  Fear of the Yellow Peril occurs...

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Moral development

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misidentified as moral pluralism. It opposes the attitude of moral superiority and ethnocentrism found in moral absolutism and the views of moral universalism...

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Madame Roland

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politicians. However, she was also convinced of her own intellectual and moral superiority and alienated important political leaders like Robespierre and Danton...

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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These practices were often the reasons British officials claimed moral superiority over the Indian nation. Ram Mohan Roy's ideas of religion actively...

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Parasyte

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with Migi causes him to question if humanity has any right to claim moral superiority to the Parasites, while Migi and Reiko Tamura's experiences with humans...

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Terrorism

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Terrorism and Communism to justify the Red Terror and defend the moral superiority of revolutionary terrorism. Depending on the country, the political...

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