Sentence examples similar to moral self delusion from inspiring English sources
Beautifully translated by Tami Calliope, the novel remains an astonishing immersion in moral self-delusion.
It constitutes the moral self.
His moral is the moral of Great Expectations brought forward into the Edwardian age: don't throw over the class you were born into; don't imagine that the process of "bettering yourself" won't involve huge amounts of moral compromise and self-delusion.
Hekman, Susan J. Moral Voices, Moral Selves.
Such moral self-education is certainly possible.
Secondary moral: Self-checkout.
Many instances of bad judgment, self-delusion and moral cowardice in postwar politics may be rooted in the inability of national leaders and transnational institutions to cope with the lessons that should have been learned from the Holocaust.
In almost every case, her quarry is the private moral struggle, the moment of brave protest or the self-delusion that patches over a troubled conscience.
Bankrupt of morals and bankrupt of style, it is a nonpareil of peevishness, and self-delusion shines from it like a Christmas star.
Talk about self-delusion!
