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self-concept is what we
think about the
self;
self-esteem, is the
positive or
negative evaluations of the
self, as in how we feel
about it (see
self)...
- In the
United States,
self-defense is an
affirmative defense that is used to
justify the use of
force by one
person against another person under specific...
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Self-blame is a
cognitive process in
which an
individual attributes the
occurrence of a
stressful event to oneself. The
direction of
blame often has implications...
- none are so
strong as to be
beyond a fear of
violent death,
which justifies self-defense as the
highest necessity. In the Two
Treatises of Government...
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Self-determination
refers to a people's
right to form its own
political entity, and
internal self-determination is the
right to
representative government...
- In philosophy, the
self is an individual's own being, knowledge, and values, and the
relationship between these attributes. The first-person perspective...
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Self-flagellation is the
disciplinary and
devotional practice of
flogging oneself with
whips or
other instruments that
inflict pain. In Christianity, self-flagellation...
- A
self-coup, also
called an
autocoup (from
Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in
which a
political leader,
having come to...
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Self-censorship is the act of
censoring or
classifying one's own discourse,
typically out of fear or
deference to the
perceived preferences, sensibilities...
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withdraw legitimacy and can in some
cases be a
self-
justifying mechanism, with the
ultimate goal of
justifying harm of an outgroup. The
concept applies to...
