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I think that's quite interesting. Of course, the danger is that in appealing to their pride, you also make them more prone to arrogance (which often results in their inflating their own abilities).
I think one thing to do is to find creative ways to align their self-interest with the social good (capitalism is one way), or to align their self-interest with situations where they're not in a position of hurting someone else for their own gain (certain punishments, perhaps, but something more creative than that).
The specific example I read about was a sociopath who was proud about being meticulous about safety with his private plane. It might be tricky to harness pride for longer term payoffs, especially since default moralities seem to be a mixture of good long term advice, arbitrary rules, and behavior which is convenient to maintain the status system.