Self-righteousness

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Collective self-righteousness
Nature

Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of others. Self-righteous individuals are often intolerant of the opinions and behaviors of others that they deem to be less virtuous.

Source: Wikipedia

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No other species but humanity destroys its own kind for "ethical" reasons with the aid of technological "advances". No other species would be that righteous. No other species can pave over wetlands and then be amazed that rivers flood. No other species is that foolish. No other species can "harvest" 500 year old forests under the assumption that they can be replaced within 50 years. In fact the concept of "harvesting" the wilderness is a particularly repugnant terminology that pretends that all the earth is merely an outcropping of the agricultural revolution.
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(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems