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    It is not the case that Self-deception undermines or erodes agency

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    • 1.Sartre's analysis in Being and Nothingness shows self-deception (mauvaise foi) presupposes the very freedom and reflective capacity it allegedly destroys.
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    • 2.An agent incapable of genuine self-awareness could not construct the sophisticated dual-belief structure that constitutes self-deception.
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    • 3.Therefore, self-deception paradoxically demonstrates robust agency rather than its erosion.
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    • 1.Fingarette argued in Self-Deception (1969) that disavowal of an engagement is itself a purposive, skilled activity requiring executive agency.
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    • 2.If self-deception requires the orchestration of attention and narrative to suppress awareness, it constitutes an exercise of agency, not its undermining.
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    • 1.Self-deception reduces our capacity for self-scrutiny and change
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    • 2.If one is self-deceived about harmful actions or practices, one's ability to take responsibility and change is severely restricted
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