Bad Faith

I really liked reading about Sartre's idea of bad faith. He states that "bad faith is an attempt to escape anguish by trying to represent one's attitude and actions as determined by one's situation, or . . . anything other than one's own choices" (190). I think that this is a great counter argument to all of the discussions we had about determinism versus free will. No matter whether or not our actions are predetermined by some greater force or not, we all make choices. These choices reflect our thoughts and cannot be pawned off on something other than ourselves. I think that people who have bad faith, in this sense, are those who cannot handle the radical responsibility that comes with radical freedom. They are not ready to handle the consequences of their actions when there is no longer a mediator watching everything that they do. If people can get over, or avoid totally bad faith, then I believe that they are capable of living a radically free life, but not until then.