On 15 Nov 96 at 9:34, jpomo@gate.net wrote:
> > When one attempts to follow a moral code, one's success breeds arrogance,
> > then failure.
> >
> > When one admits it is impossible to follow a moral code, one's humility,
> > breeds trust, then learning...then organizational learning.
>
> These words cause me some confusion. Any success we have tends to breed
> arrogance and depress our humility. This does not mean we should not seek
> success, but that we must learn how to be humble and eschew arrogance.
I am getting confused also. I cannot see that a moral code and a
personality type tendency to arrogance have a 1-1 relationship. Second,
again, it seems a very dark vision of humanity to say that "any successes
we have tend to breed arrogance and depress our humility".
Some of the most "arrogant" and least humble people I have met come from
the fundamentalist religions, who profess a very strong moral code.
Some of the least arrogant people I have met are the most successful,
giving rise to the issue of whether success breeds arrogance.
Robert Bacal, Bacal & Associates, rbacal@escape.ca
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