1. Evasive Self-Deception and Moral Responsibility
... 88). Activities of evasive self-deception utilized by akratic self-deceivers correspond to psychological phenomena-- namely one's "sense of personal identity, a pervasively biased cognitive style, motivated excusing tactics, and self-deceptive tactics of self-presentation" (Jones, 88). In terms of personal identity, self-deceivers face a conundrum- the need to be superior is accompanied by the need to subvert the reality of their ... by innumerable other self-deceptions, all of which fed upon each other and upon his hatred and dreams of messianic greatness. Foremost among these self-dec...
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