The reaction to the auction and its contents has run the gamut from doomsday end-of-civilization laments and serves-you-right righteousness directed at the art world, to the crowning of Mr. Hirst as superartist and speaker of deep truths (mostly in the essays in Sotheby's lavish three-volume catalog), to complete indifference, feigned or otherwise, on the part of many dealers.
At this moment, with their story smashed to bits, anyone who believes that bad people have suddenly prevailed, that right and righteousness must hold fast and fight back, will only prolong their own anguish.
It is to explore Professor Francesca Klug's question of whether "rights and righteousness" have a shared ancestry or act as "alternative potential protagonists".
Nine months after cardinals in the Sistine Chapel elected him the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic church, he received the media accolade because of his radical shift in tone, his reformist agenda and his acknowledgement of "the risk that a church obsessed with it own rights and righteousness could inflict more wounds that it heals", wrote Time's editor, Nancy Gibbs.
Righteousness (right standing) is synonymous with integrity and it is an absolute must for those who intend to live in integrity, free of drama, and have consistent success in any area of their lives.
I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will support you with the right hand of My righteousness" (Isaiah 41 10).
As the glow of righteousness dissipates, right-wing populists and others will have a chance to exploit both that specific worry and a more general unease about Muslims which fears of terror serve to strengthen.
Bradley Cooper as a shady veteran arms trader who may or may not be a terrorist is terrifying and hilarious, as is Kevin Pollak as a silent partner too high on his own righteousness for doing right by Israel he doesn't recognise he's getting screwed.
The only right path is forward, towards righteousness.
Even if one accepted that assessment, having it delivered with Mr. Pataki sitting right there reflected both self-righteousness and exceptionally poor manners.
"The self-righteousness of the right is now their greatest weakness, and I think we need to put those people on a whoopee cushion".
