The first component is the perversion of the doctrine of election. According to the Zoramites, election was granted unto them while the rest of the world was condemned to suffer. The natural extension of such a doctrine is that the elect have no responsibility to keep the commandments. They will be saved regardless of how they feel about God or how they treat their fellowmen. It is a conveniently ethno-centric doctrine.
"Although the Zoramites used the terminology of election, what they really fostered was the idea of elitism, which almost always has at its heart a disdain for others. True election promotes a genuine concern for the welfare of others. Elitism seems to cause people to forget God six out of seven days because it turns them selfishly inward. But the true doctrine of election promotes a daily desire for communion with deity and a search for the divine within us." (Book of Mormon Symposium Series, "Helaman Through 3 Nephi 8"edited by PR Cheesman, MS Nyman, and CD Tate, Jr., 1988, p. 118)