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SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL
1905–1980
Bad Faith (The Application That Cannot Be Completed)
Sartre: bad faith is the self-deception by which one pretends one's freedom is constrained when it is not. Limbo's applicant clicks Accept Permanent Limbo and exits bad faith. The institution does not force the click. The applicant freely accepts the unverifiable condition. Bad faith would be continuing to apply while pretending verification is forthcoming. Limbo names the impossibility. Limbo enables the leaving.