Inauthentic Life
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An Inauthentic Life is a person's life that scores lowly in an intentional living measure.
- AKA: Unintentional Life.
- Context:
- It can (typically) contain Inauthentic Choices (that are dictated by the world).
- Example(s):
- Adolf Eichmann's life who followed orders that obviously led to carnage.
- A person who believes in X (and acts on it) because what their family traditionally believes in it.
- A Cafe Activist who is really a hedonist?
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Authentic Life (with authentic choices).
- See: Intentional Lifestyle, Procrastination, Coasting.
References
2013
- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/#Aut
- QUOTE: Authenticity thus indicates a certain kind of integrity — not that of a pre-given whole, an identity waiting to be discovered, but that of a project to which I can either commit myself (and thus “become” what it entails) or else simply occupy for a time, inauthentically drifting in and out of various affairs. Some writers have taken this notion a step further, arguing that the measure of an authentic life lies in the integrity of a narrative, that to be a self is to constitute a story in which a kind of wholeness prevails, to be the author of oneself as a unique individual (Nehamas 1998; Ricoeur 1992). In contrast, the inauthentic life would be one without such integrity, one in which I allow my life-story to be dictated by the world
2009
- (Vannini & Williams, 2009) ⇒ Phillip Vannini, and J. Patrick Williams, eds. (2009). “Authenticity in Culture, Self, and Society. “ Ashgate Publishing. ISBN:9780754675167
1988
- (Wiesenthal, 1988) ⇒ Simon Wiesenthal. (1988). “Justice, Not Vengeance."
- QUOTE: … The world now understands the concept of 'desk murderer'. We know that one doesn't need to be fanatical, sadistic, or mentally ill to murder millions; that it is enough to be a loyal follower eager to do one's duty. …