Sincerity reveals itself as a form of bad faith
Evidence
The proof of this is that the same man who in sincerity posits that he is what in actuality he was, is indignant at the reproach of another and tries to disarm it by asserting that he can no longer be what he was. We are readily astonished and upset when the penalties of the court affect a man who in his new freedom is no longer the guilty person he was. But at the same time we require of this man that he recognize himself as being this guilty one. What then is sincerity except precisely a phenomenon of bad faith? — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 306
Categorization
- DEFINE: Closes the argument that sincerity, the supposed opposite of bad faith, is itself a species of bad faith.
- XREF: connects to: The sincerity demanded by critics is itself a form of bad faith. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 309; Sincerity shares the same structure as bad faith and can collapse into it — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 311; Sincerity can be an active ingredient of self-deception rather than its opposite — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1405 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Sincerity shares the same structure as bad faith and can collapse into it
#corroborates(0.95) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 311 - Sincerity can be an active ingredient of self-deception rather than its opposite
#expands(0.92) — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 1405 - The demand for sincere self-recognition may itself be a form of bad faith.
#corroborates(0.90) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 307