Over the course of my life thus far, I have met a lot of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, and religions. In all these different people, there are always moralists present, who place their principles and values on a higher pedestal. More often than not, they tend to shove their moral principles and values onto those who may seem to differ from them.
A moralist in a brief definition is a person who is concerned with regulating the morals of others.
A huge number of people who see themselves as morally superior are usually religious, from all types of religions that is. You may ask yourself, why do I think they are the biggest narcissists? Here's why:
Narcissism is basically defined as an excessive interest in oneself's appearance, self-centeredness, and having a desire to be admired and seen as superior to others. From a majority of the moralists I have encountered, I have noticed a common pattern among them.
Which is seeing themselves as righteous than the rest, particularly in the groups or circles they find themselves in.
Moralists are more concerned with pointing out other people's wrongs or mistakes. Then they paint themselves as righteous. I say this because I have had an experience with a close acquaintance who is a moralist and I have gotten to see more and more individuals who behave in that certain way.
Basically, they are never wrong and obsessed with what the next person is doing wrong and find pleasure in discussing the mistakes or "wrongdoings" of others. Mind you, what I may be doing may be right for me but a moralist sees it as a complete wrong because he or she says so.
The problem I have with moralists is the fact that they see themselves as perfect beings and know what to do, How to do, what to say, and how to behave.
If you differ from the way they view the world, you are automatically on the wrong path and they try to guide you to the "right" path - their path.
If you hold a different opinion from theirs, you are wrong as they are righteous and morally right at all times, which is essentially what makes me see them as the biggest narcissists.
They normally hide behind moralism and being politically correct to shield their narcissism, which works in most cases because people generally get blinded by their orchestrated "righteous" persona.
However, I have to mention that they may not be consciously aware that they in fact orchestrate these personas to satisfy their deep desires to be admired, celebrated, and treated in high regard.
As people, we are all students of life, particularly if we are of the same age group. As adults, we all know what is morally right and what's not, and presenting yourself as a person who is morally superior can never be a good way to lead your life as that would essentially limit your room for learning from every person you meet and the experiences you acquire.
There is no one way of viewing the world; there are different perspectives and views which are guided by our different principles and values.
If one sees their perspective on life as the only perspective all human beings should live by and follow, that is narcissistic behavior.
If you see yourself as a moralist and righteous, have an honest extensive internal look at yourself and deduce whether you are genuinely trying to do good by others, or you present yourself as righteous and morally correct purely because you are a narcissist deep at heart.
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