[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I am proud of the fact that I helped an old lady across the street today. Is this, then, a nonsensical statement? Is it not pride that I am feeling here? Because pride (in Lhuna and Samwise's sense) would wrap up this scenario in a bundle of contradiction.

There are echoes of Kant's moral theory here, that we should not feel too pleased with ourselves for doing things that are right and good and necessary anyway.