Question

explain the expression ‘bad faith’. how is it connected to those sartre calls cowards and stinkers? how is this issue significant for understanding the rest of the text?

Answer 1

Sartre regarded bad faith as a denial of freedom which we all have. He gives an example of a waiter, who tells himself that to wait on tables is his destiny. The takeaway here is that to blame social pressures or others for what we are or what we do may be comforting, but it is a denial of the freedom we have.