Self-deception doesn’t imply other people aren’t harmed, merely that the speaker is deceiving themselves first before they deceive others. Saying “what you said to me was based on self-deception” doesn’t then imply that I wasn’t deceived, merely points at where the deception first occurred.
For instance, the Arbinger institute uses the term “self-deception” to refer to when someone treats others as objects and forgets they’re people.
Self-deception doesn’t imply other people aren’t harmed, merely that the speaker is deceiving themselves first before they deceive others. Saying “what you said to me was based on self-deception” doesn’t then imply that I wasn’t deceived, merely points at where the deception first occurred.
For instance, the Arbinger institute uses the term “self-deception” to refer to when someone treats others as objects and forgets they’re people.