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Definition: In Sartre's explanation of existenialism, he used the phrase "bad faith" as a label for a form of deception of the self and of others. According to Sartre, bad faith occurs when someone tries to rationalize our existence through religion, science, or some other belief system which imposes meaning or coherence on human existence. This is done in an attempt to avoid the angst which accompanies the realization that our existence has no coherence except for what we ourselves create.
The reason why bad faith is a problem is that it allows us to escape responsibility for our moral choices by treating humanity as the passive object of larger, organized forces. Sartre argued that we shape our own destiny and, as such, we need to accept that deal with the awesome responsibility it imposes upon us.
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