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    It is not the case that Sartrean bad faith demonstrates that the ego can systematically misuse awareness of others to reinforce solipsistic self-enclosure rather than relational opening.

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    • 1.Bad faith may involve self-deception, but Sartre doesn't establish that awareness of others is primarily used to achieve solipsistic closure rather than social coordination.
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    • 2.The claim conflates two distinct failures: denying one's freedom AND denying others' alterity; these don't necessarily reinforce each other systematically.
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    • 3.Even in bad faith, humans remain fundamentally intersubjective beings; solipsistic self-enclosure contradicts Sartre's own view of human coexistence as inescapable.
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    • 1.Bad faith involves treating others' perspectives as objects to manipulate rather than subjects whose reality could challenge our self-conception.
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    • 2.Sartre shows consciousness can use social awareness instrumentally—knowing how others see us to craft false personas while denying their genuine alterity.
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    • 3.Authentic relational opening requires acknowledging radical freedom in both self and other; bad faith avoids this by fixing both in predetermined roles.
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