Does it have a purpose or useful function, or is it just a distraction of one's ego?
2007-08-29 14:38:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
NY Pearl:
elaborate, if you please?
2007-08-29 14:44:51 · update #1
Maria:
Isn't that what love is for?
2007-08-29 14:45:29 · update #2
John:
but have you really, or is it just vanity?
Dignity is one thing, pride is another...
2007-08-29 14:46:24 · update #3
flux:
is a proud leader, really a good one?
2007-08-29 14:46:54 · update #4
phil8656:
again, doesn't empathy and love work well enough? Or is self-love all there is?
2007-08-29 14:47:47 · update #5
guru:
very good
pride only serves to isolate us from those we deem to be beneath us...
2007-08-29 14:49:10 · update #6
When properly and positively understood, pride is gladness for having someone to say 'yes, you did it right'.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-08-29 15:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a high opinion of oneself, it has no purpose. As satisfaction in something done, I see no purpose. Haughtiness and arrogance, I have never found a reason for those two. A person or thing in which pride is taken is a passing fancy and very little long term benefit so what is the purpose.
I like distraction of one's ego. God says it is a sin. God tells us to be humble and not prideful.
2007-08-29 21:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pride secures isolation. Rather pride and arrogance serves to isolate us from others. When we take ourselves too seriously and take too much pride in matters of the ego, the rest of the world cannot live up to us. We are great, afterall.
I am proud of some of my accomplishments. However, they were achieved in conjunction with others and with a variety of other factors. When I become ego bound and attribute this to only "me", I then create a "superior" me that leaves others as inferiors.
Not a nice way to live life.
2007-08-29 21:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with flux.
my opinion, provided a positive mindset,
it brings out the best in you, to do great things for the people you care about =)
it also helps one to achieve their goals, no matter the cost =)
remember, though it is said we should be humble, GOD wishes we succeed in life and help those in need too!!!
if we can turn a bad into a good, why not? it's all a matter of how you look at it ;)
Hope this helps, Peace.
2007-08-29 21:48:59 · answer #4 · answered by urbanvigilante 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pride is an Apathy suppressant.
2007-08-29 21:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by phil8656 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It forces people to care about what they do and be productive.
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"Maria:
Isn't that what love is for?"
No. I could live my entire life and never experience love, but I can certainly care about myself, my life, and what I give to society.
2007-08-29 21:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could make you think you deserve to be a leader and such.
2007-08-29 21:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by shmux 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe it helps you do the right thing?
make better choices?
i dont know..
2007-08-29 21:42:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
without pride what would one strive?
2007-08-29 21:43:11 · answer #9 · answered by FoodFitnessLife 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It tells you you've done something well.
2007-08-29 21:44:07 · answer #10 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋