I think you might be confusing two things together under “integrity”. Having more confidence in your own beliefs than the shared/imposed beliefs of your community isn’t really a virtue or.. it’s more just a condition that a person can be in, whether it’s virtuous is completely contextual. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t. I can think of lots of people who should have more confidence other peoples’ beliefs than they have in their own. In many domains, that’s me. I should listen more. I should act less boldly. An opposite of that sense of integrity is the virtue of respect- recognising other peoples’ qualities- it’s a skill. If you don’t have it, you can’t make use of other peoples’ expertise very well. A superfluence of respect is a person who is easily moved by others’ feedback, usually, a person who is patient with their surroundings.
On the other hand I can completely understand the value of {having a known track record of staying true to self-expression, claims made about the self}. Humility is actually a part of that. The usefulness of deliniating that into a virtue separate from the more general Honesty is clear to me.
There’s a lot of focus on personally updating based on evidence. Groups aren’t addressed as much. What does it mean for a group to have a belief? To have honesty or integrity?
I think you might be confusing two things together under “integrity”. Having more confidence in your own beliefs than the shared/imposed beliefs of your community isn’t really a virtue or.. it’s more just a condition that a person can be in, whether it’s virtuous is completely contextual. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t. I can think of lots of people who should have more confidence other peoples’ beliefs than they have in their own. In many domains, that’s me. I should listen more. I should act less boldly. An opposite of that sense of integrity is the virtue of respect- recognising other peoples’ qualities- it’s a skill. If you don’t have it, you can’t make use of other peoples’ expertise very well. A superfluence of respect is a person who is easily moved by others’ feedback, usually, a person who is patient with their surroundings.
On the other hand I can completely understand the value of {having a known track record of staying true to self-expression, claims made about the self}. Humility is actually a part of that. The usefulness of deliniating that into a virtue separate from the more general Honesty is clear to me.
There’s a lot of focus on personally updating based on evidence. Groups aren’t addressed as much. What does it mean for a group to have a belief? To have honesty or integrity?