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RE: Why Moral Comparisons May Be More Painful Than Social Ones
Apologies for the long length of this, I have tried to condense the discussion down but these types of topic tend to be quite verbose in nature.
No no it is appropriate. The style of the post makes it actually easy to read.
To come back to the topic, at the end, this only suggests that one may be too quick in judging others based on some comparison between the other and us, doesn't it?
That is part of it. I think the central point that the author tries to make is that in the hierarchy of attributes, people generally put moral attributes at the top and for the reasons discussed when those comparisons seem unfavourable to the individual it is more painful than coming short in other ways. This then leads to various defence mechanisms and resentment.
I agree. Even unconsciously, the moral has always a large role in the comparison with others than leads to a judgement.
Yes in this case I think the Mohammed Ali effect is correct!