19. Self-Deception, Autonomy, and Moral Constitution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I THE ANALYSIS OF SELF-DECEPTION
5. 1. The Deceptive Self: Liars, Layers, and Lairs 11
6. 2. Exploring the Possibility of Self-Deception in Belief 29
7. 3. Self-Deception and the Nature of Mind 63
8. 4. Self-Deception, Rationalization, and Reasons for Acting 92
9. Part II THE EPISTEMIC DIMENSION OF SELF-DECEPTION
10. 5. The Peculiar Effects of Love and Desire 123
11. 6. Self-Deception as Rationalization 157
12. 7. Partisanship 170
13. 8. Epistemic Dimensions of Self-Deception 183
14. Part III THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-DECEPTION
15. 9. Self-Deception and Bad Faith 207
16. 10. Psychoanalysis and Self-Deception 228
17. 11. Freud on Unconscious Affects, Mourning, and the Erotic Mind 246
18. 12. Toward a Computational Account of Akrasia and Self-Deception 264
19. 13. Pseudorationality 297
20. 14. Emotion and Self-Deception 324
21. Part IV THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF SELF-DECEPTION
22. 15. Ideology, False Consciousness, and Social Illusion 345
23. 16. The Social Context of Self-Deception 364
24. 17. Social Self-Deceptions 380
25. 18. Mimetic Engulfment and Self-Deception 390
26. Part V THE MORAL DIMENSION OF SELF-DECEPTION
27. 19. Self-Deception, Autonomy, and Moral Constitution 407
28. 20. What Is Wrong with Self-Deception? 431
29. 21. Self-Deception and Responsibility for the Self 450
30. Part VI SELF-DECEPTION IN LITERATURE
31. 22. Love's Knowledge 487
32. 23. Error or Self-Deception? The Case of Eduard in Goethe's Elective Affinities 515
33. 24. Understanding a Self-Deceiver 535
34. Bibliography 553
35. Contributors 559