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Bad faith seeks to affirm the identity of both of those concepts, but they're of course contradictory. And so I've been describing bad faith as a way of denying either our ______ or our ______.
Bad faith seeks to affirm the identity of both of those concepts, but they're of course contradictory. And so I've been describing bad faith as a way of denying either our ______ or our ______.
transcendence, facticity
The woman recognizes that she has a ______, but she doesn't see this as coordinating with her transcendence.
The woman recognizes that she has a ______, but she doesn't see this as coordinating with her transcendence.
body
Sartre says that bad faith oscillates between good faith and ______.
Sartre says that bad faith oscillates between good faith and ______.
cynicism
There's a temptation to flee or freedom for so many of us at so many times, but there's also a temptation to flee our ______.
There's a temptation to flee or freedom for so many of us at so many times, but there's also a temptation to flee our ______.
Read Sartre's section on bad faith in ______ for more on this concept.
Read Sartre's section on bad faith in ______ for more on this concept.
True or false: Bad faith involves denying our transcendence and affirming our facticity?
True or false: Bad faith involves denying our transcendence and affirming our facticity?
True or false: Sartre believes that bad faith is a permanent risk for consciousness?
True or false: Sartre believes that bad faith is a permanent risk for consciousness?
True or false: The woman on the date recognizes that her body is separate from her subjectivity?
True or false: The woman on the date recognizes that her body is separate from her subjectivity?
True or false: Sartre thinks that bad faith can be a form of victim blaming?
True or false: Sartre thinks that bad faith can be a form of victim blaming?
True or false: Bad faith involves affirming contradictory concepts within oneself?
True or false: Bad faith involves affirming contradictory concepts within oneself?
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Study Notes
Bad Faith
- Bad faith seeks to affirm the identity of two contradictory concepts: facticity and transcendence.
- Bad faith involves denying either our facticity or our transcendence.
- A person in bad faith may recognize their facticity (e.g., their body) but fail to see it as coordinating with their transcendence (e.g., their subjectivity).
Sartre's View on Bad Faith
- Sartre believes that bad faith oscillates between good faith and self-deception.
- Bad faith is a permanent risk for consciousness, according to Sartre.
- Sartre's concept of bad faith can be found in his section on bad faith in "Being and Nothingness".
True or False Questions
- True: Bad faith involves denying our transcendence and affirming our facticity.
- True: Sartre believes that bad faith is a permanent risk for consciousness.
- False: The woman on the date recognizes that her body is separate from her subjectivity (she fails to see the connection between her body and subjectivity).
- False: Sartre thinks that bad faith can be a form of victim blaming.
- True: Bad faith involves affirming contradictory concepts within oneself.
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