  Many accounts see modesty or humility as a special type of benevolence or kindness. On these views, it is a way of valuing and promoting the wellbeing of others. These views make modesty not merely a trait of an individual, but deeply social in nature. So Woodcock (2008) sees modesty as about balancing one’s own welfare with the welfare of others. Wilson (2014) describes it as a type of kindness, a sensitivity to the well-being of others when presenting our own good qualities. Sinha (2012, 261) makes a similar claim about humility describing “public humility” as not claiming credit out of concern for the feelings of others.