Sunday, April 10, 2011
Bad faith
How do I know if I am acting in bad faith or now? This past week while we have been covering Jean Paul Satre I have been wondering a lot about whether or not I am acting in bad faith. My father and brother are coming this friday to New Orleans to visit me and I have been getting ready for their arrival but I think this might be acting in bad faith. I got a haircut because my father is in the military and wouldn't want to see his son with "hippy hair." I cleaned all the sand out of my jeep so that he would know that I am taking good care of it. I am not sure if I am doing all these things to make my father proud or instead am I actually trying to do this to make him think that I am a person that I actually not and in doing so denying my freedom. Also I wonder if acting in bad faith is even a bad thing because I don't feel as if any freedom has been taken away from me I just feel like I am doing the right thing.
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So, my reply doesn't relate to the post above but it's my own comment about this current weeks lectures. I wanted to discuss Kiekegaard's Stages of Life's Way. I'm currently in a transition from going to the aesthetic way of living to an ethical way of living. I recognize the ethical but have unfortunately because of immaturity made decisions that have forced me to live an aesthetic lifestyle. I'm currently in on of the hardest battles I've ever encountered in my life. I know that once I am beyond this battle, that I will be in the ethical way of life and remain that way. I don't ever think I was ever manage to become a part of the religious life because I just don't think it is plausible or reasonable, an aspect I which to employ. I think in order to be successful, the ethical way is the best way in order for one to strive for and I am currently in the process in my own life of doing so.
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