moralism

is always knowing better than another what's bad for them.

A moralist is someone who always knows better than you do what's bad for you.

is always overlooking the difference between what one is and what one wants you to be.

A moralist always overlooks the difference between what he is and what he wants you to be.

is different from sainthood in that moralism is critical of other people's sins while a saint criticizes his own.

A moralist criticizes other people's sins, a saint criticizes his own.

is distinguished from immoralism in that moralism dwells on the happiness of duty while immoralism dwells on the duty of happiness.

A moralist dwells on the happiness of duty; an immoralist on the duty of happiness.

is never short on ideas about what other people ought to do.

A moralist never seems to run out of ideas on what other people ought to do.

is the belief that virtue is its own reward, and that people people should be good for nothing.

A moralist believes that virtue is its own reward, and that people people should be good for nothing.

is foregoing ordinary pleasures and finding compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.

The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.

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moralism