It is a narcissism that emanates from a supposed personal virtue augmented by a supposed intellectual clarity.
When you defend and say that what you believe, or claim to believe or say you believeânot what you do or how you act or what the results of your actions may beâdefines you as a person and makes you âgood.â
John: "You are what you say you are. You are what you proclaim your values to be, irrespective of their consequences. If you say you support something good but do nothing towards that good you are still good"
Peter: "That's moral narcissism and you know it."