1. I would like to thank Marko Ahteensuu, Zümrüt Alpinar, Carla Bagnoli, Lars Binderup, Olli Koistinen, Elijah Millgram, Patrizia Pedrini, Susanne Uusitalo, and Jukka Varelius for their helpful comments.
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3. Recent work on self-deception, see for instance Mele, A.R.: Self-Deception Unmasked. Princeton University Press, Princeton (2001); Noordhof, P.: Self-Deception, Interpretation and Consciousness. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 67, 75–100 (2003); Scott-Kakures, D.: High Anxiety: Barnes on What Moves Unwelcome Believer. Philosophical Psychology 14, 313–326 (2001); Borge, S.: The Myth of Self-Deception. The Southern Journal of Philosophy 41, 1–28 (2003); Pedrini, P.: What Does the Self-Deceiver Want? Humana Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies 20, 141–157 (2012); Mele, A.R.: Emotion and Desire in Self-Deception. In: Hatzimoysis, A. (ed.) Philosophy and the Emotions, pp. 163–179. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2003); Mele, A.R.: When Are We Self-Deceived? Humana Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies 20, 1–15 (2012). See also Magnani, L.: Morality in a Technological World: Knowledge as Duty, ch. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2007). Morality and self-deception, see e.g. Martin, M.: Self-Deception and Morality. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence (1986); Barnes, A.: Seeing Through Self-Deception. pp. 158–175. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1997); Levy, N.: Self-Deception and Moral Responsibility. Ratio ns 17, 294–311 (2004); Bagnoli, C.: Self-Deception and Agential Authority: A Constituvist Account. Humana Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies 20, 99–116 (2012).
4. For a discussion, see e.g. Taylor J.S. (ed.) The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death. Oxford University Press, New York (2013).
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