When confronted by an obnoxiously immodest person, sometimes you might say, "you think you're better than me?", because you feel insulted, belittled, or that you weren't paid respect for beng the ...

In the 1950s, modesty wasn't a radical concept; it was the norm, respected, even expected. Dressing with moderation wasn't controversial; it was common sense, a reflection of self-respect, not a sign ...

In the previous posts on modesty (here and here), we first discussed Irene McMullin's argument (from her paper "A Modest Proposal: Accounting for the Virtuousness of Modesty") that true modesty ...