Key insights from
The Ethics of Authenticity
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11 minute read
Published Aug 6, 2018
What you'll learn
Authenticity has been given a near-sacred position in our culture. But many of the forms of authenticity we see and seek deny us the very self-fulfillment we desire.
Key insights
- 1 There are three main malaises commonly attached to modern society, and they contribute to modern forms of authenticity.
- 2 The concept of authenticity shouldn’t be unduly elevated or condemned, but it desperately needs rescuing.
- 3 Authenticity as an ideal began in the Romantic era, but has gradually become severed from any sources external to the self.
- 4 You can’t help but take your past and people with you along the trail you blaze.
- 5 “Authentic” authenticity embraces committed relationships, moral demands, and responsibility.
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