{"title":"Bragging, Boasting, and Crowing: The Ethics of Sharing One's Glad Tidings with Others","authors":"C. Mills","doi":"10.13021/G8PPPQ.232003.409","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"To support her view of why bragging seems morally problematic, Mills finds that braggers monopolize conversation, paint a distorted picture of their lives, and use their good news to justify their inflated sense of self worth.","PeriodicalId":82464,"journal":{"name":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","volume":"23 1","pages":"7-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Report from the Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13021/G8PPPQ.232003.409","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Abstract
To support her view of why bragging seems morally problematic, Mills finds that braggers monopolize conversation, paint a distorted picture of their lives, and use their good news to justify their inflated sense of self worth.