Respect Quote by Aaron James

““of view, may show that he is not getting the respect he deserves. Although our theory is a definition of the term “asshole,” we should emphasize that it is not necessarily a dictionary definition. It is not necessarily a claim about how the word “asshole””

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“Fully cooperative people, we may say, see themselves as equals, as having grounds for special treatment only in special circumstances that others will equally…

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“and third things a theory of assholes should explain are related and must be handled with greater care. The second thing to explain is…

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“To summarize, then, our three requirements for a good theory of assholes are as follows. We are looking for (1) a stable trait of…

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“That is why otherwise coolheaded people fall into a fit of rage or lash out at the asshole: they are fighting to be recognized.”

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“According to Rousseau, healthy self-love does not require comparing oneself to others at all; feeling worthy does not necessarily involve feeling superior to someone.…

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“The asshole not only takes special privileges but refuses to listen when people complain.”

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“The fight can become extraordinarily frustrating because the asshole usually wins: his sense of entitlement is entrenched, so there is usually no getting through.”

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“However misguided, the asshole is morally motivated. He is fundamentally different from the psychopath, who either lacks or fails to engage moral concepts, and…

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“The asshole is not just another annoying person but a deeply bothersome person—bothersome enough to trigger feelings of powerlessness, fear, or rage.”

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“one of our basic moral responsibilities is to hear people out, to at least take seriously the reasons they give for wanting to be…

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“The asshole, by contrast, traffics in and is moved by moral justification—except that moral justification, for him, leads to an entrenched sense of special…

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“The key is to understand why we are easily tempted to fight on the asshole’s terms: we are fighting for moral recognition in his…

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