Travis Hawkins
Independent Research, Co, Concept Association, Inc, USA
Publications
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Research Article
The Progression of Virtues: A Pathway to Eudaemonic Well Being
Author(s): Travis Hawkins*
Cultural Narcissism. (The Progression of Virtues (PV) proposes that individual strengths of character develop in a sequence Humility, Honesty, Compassion, Responsibility, Courage, and Heroism each stage compounding the effects of the last. Alterations in the sequence were considered, including leave-one-out and skipping stages with different combinations. In all of the variations from the theorized virtue progression, the alternative sequences collapse. A theorized Cultural Narcissism (CN), (exaggerated self-importance, self-aggrandizement, self-focus), was applied as a moderator to all stages and was deemed a preventative to humility [1-4]. CN as theorized, could not exist where humility nor where heroism (daily self-sacrificing self-transcendent altruism) was habitual. (CN) is theorized as a universal condition characterized by inflated self-focus, validation seekin.. Read More»