Friday, November 13, 2015
Sartre Bad Faith
This week in class we discussed Sartre's philosophy which is mainly based off of existentialism. Existentialism is the idea of freedom and responsibility. Freedom is essential for the concept of responsibility. When we make a decision you cause what Sartre calls a negatite which is a positive negative. You negate to make any other choice you could possibly make. Now when a human is alone they are completely free, but when one human meets another human each person loses their complete freedom and this plays into Master/Slave idea. After the whole struggle for recognition idea that could possible lead to bad faith. For one to have bad faith one might "lie to oneself." The idea I take from this is that one person might try to deny themselves the truth so they will not get hurt. However, I do not see the point in this bad faith. What good would it do one to try to lie to themselves. There is no possible good from this idea, and that is why I do not comprehend why some people would attempt to do this.
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ReplyDeleteI thought the concept of freedom being about negating all other possibly options was truly fascinating. I also find it rather interesting how the only time we are forced to recognize another person as an idea is when they threaten our authority or power. Only when pride comes into play do we have to engage in the whole Master/Slave idea and either accept that another individual is also a freedom or prove that we ourselves are one. But with the "bad faith" concept, I am likewise a bit perplexed. Let's be real, you cannot truly lie to yourself. But why do people attempt to?? Bad faith is basically believing or telling yourself something about yourself that is not in line with the truth, correct? We try to convince ourselves of something overly negative or positive about ourselves, even though it is most likely blatantly untrue. Perhaps this is to keep ourselves from getting hurt by another's power or lack of recognition of our freedom. Isn't that basically what happens with people that have more money or stuff or friends, we feel inferior so we change the story. Sounds a bit like Nietzsche to me actually. I wonder...
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Lauren that the concept of freedom is fascinating and I agree that the only time that respect or even remotely feel like we need to recognize another person’s opinion is when we feel threatened as people. Many times we only listen to those who are stronger or equal to us and respect their opinion which is in my opinion a very large mistake in the world we live in today. I also agree with Peyton in the idea that many times in life people lie to themselves. Even if a person is intentionally trying to deceive themselves they do know and are aware of the truth or the actual predicament they are in. In the end I think many times people lie to themselves because they are afraid of failure.
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ReplyDeleteI think there are a lot of reasons why people lie to themselves. One big reason is to justify something that they have done. Some people will continue to tell themselves something to try to convince themselves that the reason why they acted the way they did was because of some reason. They try to make what they did justifiable to themselves so that they will not feel so bad about whatever they did. This is a way to cope with certain situations. I think when they do this they are trying to ease the pain. It is a way for people to not have to take responsibility for their actions.
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