Thursday, November 24, 2011

Where can I read Bad Faith by Jean-Paul Sartre?

In my English class, I have to write a paper over the summary of either Bad Faith by Sartre or Slave-Master Morality by Nietzsche. Does anyone know where I can read either of these two works?|||Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is double mindedness or double heartedness in duplicity, fraud, or deception.[1] It may involve intentional deceit of others, or self deception. Faith is a strong or unshakable belief in something; bad faith is when the strong or unshakeable belief is irrational or unreasonable given known facts, or pretended to be held as a belief.[1] A common expression is "to assume bad faith", to see in another person's actions negative motivations, whether or not they actually exist.





Bad faith may be viewed in some cases to not involve deception, as in some kinds of hypochondria with actual physical manifestations. There is a question about the truth or falsity of statements made in bad faith self deception; for example, if hypochondriac makes a complaint about their psychological health, is it true or false?[2]





The expression “bad faith” is associated with “double heartedness”,[1] which is also translated as “double mindedness”.[3][4][5] A bad faith belief may be formed through self deception, being double minded, or "of two minds", which is associated with faith, belief, attitude, and loyalty. In the 1913 Webster’s Dictionary, bad faith was equated with being double hearted, "of two hearts", or “a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one set of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another”.[1] The concept is similar to perfidy, or being "without faith", in which deception is achieved when one side in a conflict promises to act in good faith (e.g. by raising a flag of surrender) with the intention of breaking that promise once the enemy has exposed himself. After Jean Paul Sartre’s analysis of the concepts of self deception and bad faith, bad faith has been examined in specialized fields as it pertains to self deception as two semi-independently acting minds within one mind, with one deceiving the other.





Some examples of bad faith include: a scientist who holds metaphysical beliefs which are not consistent with the findings of science, but puts forth his belief system as though they were;[6] a company representative who negotiates with union workers while having no intent of compromising;[7] a person who edits an online encyclopedia to be consistent with their point of view rather than verifiable facts; a prosecutor who argues a legal position that he knows to be false;[8] an insurer who uses language and reasoning which are deliberately misleading in order to deny a claim.[8]





Bad faith has been used as a term of art in diverse areas involving feminism,[9] racial supremacism,[10] political negotiation,[11] insurance claims processing,[8] intentionality,[12] ethics,[13] existentialism, and the law.|||Start with local library, even if they don't have it, they may be able to order it for you. Otherwise, try Amazon, since it is for a class, even a beat-up cheap copy would probably work fine for your purposes.


Blessings on your Journey!|||Yes, the library should have both of them. I would go with Bad Faith.

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