Any mode of conduct or belief that would ask them to disregard their ego, so that they might heed something greater than themselves, they will balk at, though they will disguise that balking as some other, nobler act, or pretend that another, more complicated motive is at play, in precipitating that act, or that whatever has victimized them in life continues to victimize them to this day, and will never be able to amend itself enough to remedy that fact.