Jennifer Armstrong1 second ago
As you say people have different degrees of narcissism. I am inclined to differentiate between healthy narcissism and pathological narcissism, rather than see narcissism itself as continuum from healthy moderacy to extreme excess. I think we can safely equate unhealthy narcissism with moral cowardice. Actually it is just the path of least resistance that people take to solve their problems that leads to unhealthy narcissism. The narc himself, when growing up, learns that it is painful to experience his emotions, so he short-circuits them and figures out ways to manipulate others rather than experience what he is feeling. This is actually reflexive cowardice that becomes ingrained as his reflexive pattern of behavior. Others who then take his views without checking the facts for themselves are guilty of intellectual cowardice and lazy patterns of behavior. (Flying monkeys may be nothing more than intellectual and moral cowards).
It is easier to see narcissism if one sees that people do take the path of least resistance more often than not -- and then lightning strikes where it will.
It is easier to see narcissism if one sees that people do take the path of least resistance more often than not -- and then lightning strikes where it will.
