Legally, morally, yes, but not otherwise

explain the "otherwise" in here

It has been well studied that drinkers produce drinking offspring

That's irrelevant to the current conversation

Our actions are very strongly affected by the actions of the people around us

lots of things are hereditary

I didnt deny hereditary natre of genes, I denied that I owe anything to someone or should be proud of him simply cause we have similar genes

Ok that sounds different

@Cesare Anasazi then you missed my entire point and all the statements I made on the topic.

misread them I mean

Are you proud of your family?

I did not say anything about moral connections here.

There is nothing to be proud about my family

lol

Thankfully I am not connected to their actions anyway

??

Objectivist is a descendant of Stalin I bet

Someone does something for me -> I adjust my behavior and do something for them -> they do something for me in return
Thus pride for someone else's actions

Or achievements w/e

I don get how I can be proud of their actions here

Only pride that is possible is if I myself did something well

If you contributed to their success

Then you can be proud of their achievements

If I taught them and helped them along the way yes I hold part of that achivement

but it's a pride in what I did to help

Ah ok so

And no, I have no ancestors that are alike Stalin in any way

You would tell a person you helped "I'm so proud of myself for your success"

Sounds narcissistic af

I would not tell them anything, I would evaluate my own actions and ask myself if I can do better

Individualism is egotism

lol

So you would just say nothing

But you'd think it

Probably not, unless they deserve a praise

"I'm so proud, I helped this guy have success, that's so awesome on my part"

If I did good job I should be proud

And if a person who followed my advice did a good job I would respect them for it

But you wouldn't say it because you realize it sounds egocentric af

No, I would not say it cause I usually dont care

You don't care to do what?