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the philosophers Brandon Warmke and Justin Tosi. They basically laid out the case that moral grandstanding is the use of moral talk to seek status or to promote oneself. It’s the use of important conversation — moral topics, or politics — with more of an end of boosting your own brand than it is advancing a dialogue.

Cited: Moral grandstanding: there’s a lot of it about, all of it bad

Moral grandstanding in public discourse: Status-seeking motives ...