The increased bias of focus on the self in each individual results in belief systems that are less thought through, or time-tested. They are generally superfluous ideals that side-step concepts or issues that may be difficult to grasp because they lay beyond the self.
Two examples:
- The prioritization of career over the family unit as a manifestation of self progression.
- The avoidance of personal involvement in discomforting global issues due to the stress they impose on the individual and their inability to affect it directly.
Connections
Individualism Flattens Our Life Experience
Individualism Discourages The Act of Challenging Another’s Beliefs
Reference
� The Ethics of Authenticity