This may sound crazy, but think about it....
2006-12-19 13:05:21 · 19 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. If you are truly proud of something you would not feel shame in those setting that are likely to ridicule or berate your pride. To feel ashamed is to have doubt, or to succumb to outside pressures that oppose your stature. With pride, comes the strength to overcome negative influences. Pride is not always appropriate, in fact, not always desirable. To feel shame is constructive at times, pride can be a vice and shame a liberating force.
2006-12-19 13:40:57 · answer #1 · answered by Hamp 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure, it happens all the time. Society teaches us to have these conflicting emotions. It's sometimes also called ... ambivalence.
I'm proud that I beat up the class nerd because it makes my father proud, but I'm ashamed when I think about it deep down and get nasty looks from some classmates.
I'm proud that I'm gay, but ashamed that society and religion tell me I'm screwed up.
I'm proud that I got my period and am a grown "woman," but ashamed when boys make fun of me.
I'm proud that my mother was strong enough to raise and provide for me and my siblings alone, but ashamed that she was a prostitute.
The two terms definitely do not cancel each other out. They exist and function simultaneously.
2006-12-19 22:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's possible. You might make a decision to do something that hurts someone, but it's the right thing to do. Or maybe you get a job because someone got injured; your proud that you got the job but ashamed of being proud because it came about through someone else's misfortune.
2006-12-20 00:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by bnr_conspiracies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it happens all the time.
Pride comes from external recognition from others of your act - Say You won the best writer's award.
Shame from the internal realisation from within & you are ashamed because you know it could have been done better - Say you actually plagiarised the stuff from an obscure source & nobody else knows that.
2006-12-20 06:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by Vaakshri 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't think of anything that I'd be proud of after I'd been ashamed. I can think of no circumstance where that would be the case. If I'm ashamed of something, there's no way I'd ever be proud of it.
2006-12-19 21:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by clarity 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe. An example would be coming up with a really clever insult and being proud of your wit, but ashamed that you hurt someone with it.
2006-12-19 22:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A person born out-of-wedlock can be proud of his/her biological mother while being ashamed of its biological parents for not marrying or supporting the family moral, economic, and social relationships. An adopted person can be proud of its adoptive parents while being ashamed of its biological parents. Is this the "bastard conflict"? Need I say more?
2006-12-19 21:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i think so. for example this is sad but at times i am proud to be the race/nationality that i am but at times when i hear bad things that the people of the same race/nationality do I am ashamed.
2006-12-19 21:11:10 · answer #8 · answered by sys 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, the terms sort of cancel each other out.
It is common, however, to be proud of something you know you should be ashamed of. Or vice versa.
ps. great picture!
2006-12-19 21:10:45 · answer #9 · answered by amymame 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, baby, it does sound crazy, and I understand it completely. If it wasn't for my shameful pride, I would give you a few more details...but, well...ya know...
2006-12-19 23:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by persnickety1022 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋