Bad Faith

After Jean Paul Sartre’s analysis of the concepts of self-deception and bad faith, bad faith has been examined in specialized fields as it pertains to self-deception as two semi-independently acting minds within one mind, with one deceiving the other.

Some examples of bad faith include: a scientist who holds metaphysical beliefs which are not consistent with the findings of science, but puts forth his belief system as though they were; a company representative who negotiates with union workers while having no intent of compromising; a person who edits an online encyclopedia to be consistent with their point of view rather than verifiable facts; a prosecutor who argues a legal position that he knows to be false; an insurer who uses language and reasoning which are deliberately misleading in order to deny a claim.