Is there a cognitive bias that causes people to think their opinions, their morals and the way that they do things is more correct than that of others? What is it called?|||Several possiblities exist, but probably the best answer is "Illusory Superiority."
From Wikipedia: "Illusory superiority is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others. ... Illusory superiority is often referred to as the above average effect. Other terms include superiority bias, leniency error, sense of relative superiority, the primus inter pares effect, and the Lake Wobegon effect."
The Dunning-Kruger effect is closely related, and it relates Illusory Superiority to Incompetence.|||There are several possible labels you might use depending upon the exact situation:
Prejudice, bias, bigotry
Ignorance
ethnocentric, parochial,
but probably you are thinking of self-righteous.
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