Moral superiority

Moral superiority is the belief or attitude that one's position and actions are justified by having higher moral values than others.

It can refer to:

• Morality, when two systems of morality are compared
• Moral high ground
• Self-righteousness, when proclamations and posturing of moral superiority become a negative personal trait
• Superiority complex, when the moral superiority is a psychological reaction to insecurity and self-doubt

See also

• Moral absolutism
• Moral equivalence
• Moral relativism
• Moral universalism