  Finally, Raterman (2006) defends a reluctance account of modesty. On this account a person is modest when they are reluctant to evaluate themselves in terms of their good qualities. This allows the modest person to have accurate self-knowledge as long as they are reluctant to evaluate themselves through the lens of their good qualities. Though it does not require ignorance, various inaccurate self-assessments are compatible with being reluctant to self-evaluate in these ways. This account has the benefit of providing a more nuanced view of when self-ascriptions of modesty are self-undermining; Raterman points out that his account allows that saying “I am modest” in a quiet conversation with a close friend need not be self-undermining (2006, 232).