I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism Is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn’t Already
by Roger L. Simon
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In 1979, Christopher Lasch published the epochal The Culture of Narcissism warning of the normalizing of narcissism in our society. Lasch may have understated it. 35 years later, in the Obama era with its parade of endless, often inexplicable, scandals we have a full blown epidemic of what has recently been called Moral Narcissism. Forget Narcissus and his reflection, Moral Narcissism the almost schizophrenic divide between intentions and results now pervading our culture is the new method show more for feeling good about yourself. It no longer matters how anything turns out as long as your intentions were good, that you were moral. And, just as importantly, the only determinant of those intentions, the only one who defines that morality, is you. I Know Best goes beyond Lasch to lay bare how this moral narcissism is behind all those scandals from Obamacare to the Veteran's Administration to the IRS, Benghazi, Bergdahl, Syria and beyond. Everything the Obama administration did and does was about making them feel good about themselves, the results be damned. And they have as their allies those supreme moral narcissists in the academy, media and Hollywood, ever willing to ratify those good intentions and ignore those same results. But I Know Best is not just about the Left. Moral Narcissism affects the right as well, even when they don't realize it. It is a true epidemic that must be cured in order to save our democratic republic and our futures. show lessTags
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Roger L. Simon made his living writing novels and screenplays before co-founding the pioneering blog-aggregation and news and opinion website PJ Media (formerly Pajamas Media) in 2005. He is known for his prize-winning Moses Wine detective novels and for his screenplays: The Big Fix (with Richard Dreyfuss), Bustin' Loose (with Richard Pryor), show more Scenes from a Mall (with Bette Midler and Woody Allen), and Enemies, a Love Story, for which Simon was nominated for an Academy Award. Simon also directed the independent feature Prague Duet. He has taught screenwriting at the Sundance Institute and the American Film Institute and has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Commentary, and the New fork Post. He has also appeared as a political commentator on numerous talk radio and television shows. Simon is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Yale School of Drama. show less
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- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Philosophy
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- 306.20973 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Political institutions Biography And History Political sociology--United States
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- JK1726 .S56 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Political rights. Practical politics
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