Bad faith exploits belief’s inherent self-undoing to install impossible beliefs

Evidence

Consequently the primitive project of bad faith is only the utilization of this self-destruction of the fact of consciousness. If every belief in good faith is an impossible belief, then there is a place for every impossible belief. My inability to believe that I am courageous will not discourage me since every belief involves not quite believing. I shall define this impossible belief as my belief. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 319

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Psychological guilt stems from evading one’s absolute freedom through bad faith — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 71; Bad faith collapses the deceiver and deceived into one consciousness — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 280; Bad faith is a form of belief, not a lie or certainty — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 315 (+4 more)