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    Supports→Deep-conflict cases are not properly understood as self-deception

    Deep-conflict cases are better explained by Sartrean bad faith or Fingarette's 'disavowal of engagement'—neither of which constitutes deception in the epistemically relevant sense.

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    Key Terms

    Deception(PR §87–89)
    The second kind of wrong, in which both parties claim to appeal to right but one side does so insincerely.
    Disavowal of engagement(as developed by philosopher Fingarette)
    A psychological strategy where someone acts as though they're not really involved in or responsible for something they're actually doing.
    Epistemically relevant(describing meaningful differences in understanding)
    Making a real difference to what we know or can learn—mattering for knowledge or understanding.
    Fingarette / Herbert Fingarette(as a philosopher of consciousness and ethics)
    A 20th-century philosopher known for studying self-deception and how people can avoid acknowledging their own actions and choices.
    Sartre / Jean-Paul Sartre

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    (as a major existentialist philosopher)
    A 20th-century French philosopher who argued that humans are fundamentally free and responsible for their choices, and invented the concept of 'bad faith' to explain self-deception.
    bad faith(Used to argue that rational delegation cannot fully discharge the believer's existential responsibility)
    Transferring the existential responsibility of a faith-commitment onto the relatively impersonal function of one's reason in order to avoid personal accountability for that commitment

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