Master, Servant, The Mechanics of Virtue, Matt Berry, aphorism 178

178
  • Master's Perspective: We find it difficult to identify a cause for our own good behavior when doing such requires the sacrifice of our imagined superiority over others.  And we are thus motivated to condemn anyone who seeks to explain this to us,

  • Servant's Perspective: We find it difficult to identify a cause for our own good behavior when doing such requires the humiliating admission that we either beg for the approval of a superior or have reversed the prevailing standard of values in order to imagine ourselves superior through our service.  And we are thus motivated to condemn anyone who seeks to explain this to us.


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