Self-Deception Choice
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A Self-Deception Choice is an inauthentic choice that is a choice from deception (where a self-deceived agent chooses to believe a self-deception argument produced by a self-deception attempt).
- AKA: In-Bad-Faith to Self.
- Context:
- It can (often) be aimed at being something other than what the Self-Deceived claims to be.
- It can be a part of an Inauthentic Life.
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- Example(s):
- “I have chosen to do what person X does (bingeing) even though I want to be person Y (creating).”
- “I choose not to do X because I have been told that I belong to psychological type Y (e.g. I'm an introvert)."
- “I chose to follow orders from that authority figure.”
- “I choose to abuse my partner because I am expected to be a strong authority figure.”
- “I choose to stay in my abusive relationship because I fear failure.”
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- Counter-Example(s):
- an Lie to Others Choice.
- an Authentic Choice, “I chose not to do X because I value Y more.”
- See: Inauthentic Life, Act of Faith, Intentionality, Resentment, Existentialism, Being-in-the-Moment, Defense Mechanism, Denial.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/self-deception Retrieved:2021-5-5.
- Self-deception is a process of denying or rationalizing away the relevance, significance, or importance of opposing evidence and logical argument. Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception.
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bad_faith_(existentialism) Retrieved:2015-5-22.
- Bad faith (from French, mauvaise foi) is a philosophical concept used by existentialist philosophers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir to describe the phenomenon where a human being under pressure from societal forces adopts false values and disowns their innate freedom hence acting inauthentically. [1] It is closely related to the concepts of self-deception and ressentiment.
- ↑ J. Childers/G. Hentzi eds., The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism (1995) p. 103
2013
- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-deception/#DefIss
- QUOTE: What is self-deception? Traditionally, self-deception has been modeled on interpersonal deception, where A intentionally gets B to believe some proposition p, all the while knowing or believing truly ~p. Such deception is intentional and requires the deceiver to know or believe ~p and the deceived to believe p. One reason for thinking self-deception is analogous to interpersonal deception of this sort is that it helps us to distinguish self-deception from mere error, since the acquisition and maintenance of the false belief is intentional not accidental. If self-deception is properly modeled on such interpersonal deception, self-deceivers intentionally get themselves to believe p, all the while knowing or believing truly ~p. On this traditional model, then, self-deceivers apparently must (1) hold contradictory beliefs, and (2) intentionally get themselves to hold a belief they know or believe truly to be false.
2001
- (Mele, 2001) ⇒ Alfred R. Mele. (2001). “Self-deception Unmasked." Princeton University Press,
1989
- (Taylor, 1989) ⇒ Shelley E. Taylor. (1989). “Positive Illusions: Creative Self-deception and the Healthy Mind." Basic Books,
1985
- (Goleman, 1985) ⇒ Daniel Goleman. (1985). “Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self Deception." Simon and Schuster,
1979
- (Sackeim & Gur, 1979) ⇒ Harold A. Sackeim, and Ruben C. Gur. (1979). “Self-Deception, Other-Deception, and Self-Reported Psychopathology.” In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 47, no. 1
- ABSTRACT: Administered inventories designed to assess self-reported psychopathology, other-deception (lying), and self-deception to a group of 250 undergraduates. The inventories included the Beck Depression Inventory, the Neuroticism and Lie scales of the Eysenck Personality Inventory, the Manifest Symptom Questionnaire, the Other-Deception Questionnaire, and the Self-Deception Questionnaire. Substantial negative correlations were found between self-deception and psychopathology scores, and the relationships between the self-deception and psychopathology scores were stronger than those between the other-deception and psychopathology measures. Findings support the view that self-deception significantly contributes to the invalidity of self-report inventories and more so than does other-deception. The possibility is raised that self-deception is a moderating variable contributing to the lack of agreement between clinical and actuarial forms of assessment.