{"id":5999,"date":"2012-07-18T00:24:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T04:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2012-07-18T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T04:24:13","slug":"the-worst-of-both-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2012\/07\/the-worst-of-both-worlds.html","title":{"rendered":"The worst of both worlds!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong>In Trilling\u2019s account, the focus on sincerity arose in the 16th century, with the Protestant Reformation and its emphasis on individual conscience rather than institutional ritual and doctrine. Over time, travel and trade made sincerity ever more important in judging the bona fides of strangers. According to Trilling, sincerity was eventually elbowed aside by the need for authenticity, \u201ca more strenuous moral experience\u201d that responds aggressively to received moral opinion. Authenticity, in this view, is sincerity plus autonomy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702303830204577445392792605360.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Trilling\u2019s account, the focus on sincerity arose in the 16th century, with the Protestant Reformation and its emphasis on individual conscience rather than institutional ritual and doctrine. Over time, travel and trade made sincerity ever more important in judging the bona fides of strangers. 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