I like to get endorphins. I like that the field I chose as a career can give me that when I feel like I did something well. I think an argument goes into pretty vague territory if one tries to argue that it’s more “good” when you get a nice feeling from helping others instead of feeling nice from your own work.
The distinction between the "goods" I was talking about is a question of whether you're motivated by that defensiveness, or some sense of lack, or if it's an act of caring, or an act of joy, or whatever. There's a world of difference between those approaches to action.
a) pride in a job well done, which is what I believe the other commenters here are referring to, is the feeling of taking pleasure in successfully producing a well-made (something), whereas
b) pride in the sense of 'puffing oneself up' is holding and/or projecting an unrealistically high estimation of one's abilities, perhaps in an attempt to impress others - you could also refer to this as vanity
I don't see a problem with a); taking pleasure in doing quality work doesn't preclude one from seeing potential areas of improvement and it doesn't have to be pathological (telling everyone else repeatedly how good your work is, for example, which tends towards b) ), it's more like an intrinsic source of motivation and joy.
I disagree. Pridefulness stays pridefulness irregardless of the context. Whether you puff up because you did something socially rewarding or not doesn't matter.
The other side of the coin with pride is shame. A prideful person might feel pride if he helps someone, and that's nice, because he's told himself that not helping is shameful, so he just went from shame to pride.
But pride is only good in relation to shame. If he had the choice, he'd choose to be happy about helping through empathy for example, rather than pride. It's best to escape the duality of pride and shame.
I'll put it another way. Would you prefer to do something out of shame, fear, lust, pride, courage, caring, love or joy? It's not all the same, is it?
Double negative in a single word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
Interestingly the redundancy of Java is problematic for a similar reason that the redundancy of a double negative can actually reverse the meaning.
In public to be prideful, it is at expense of others, you put you above the other, and it is fueled by the external. It is negative energy sucked from outwards.