…when I say “integrity” I mean something like “acting in accordance with your stated beliefs.” Where honesty is the commitment to not speak direct falsehoods, integrity is the commitment to speak truths that actually ring true to yourself, not ones that are just abstractly defensible to other people. It is also a commitment to act on the truths that you do believe, and to communicate to others what your true beliefs are.
your handle of “integrity” seems to point at something quite similar to the thing at which joe carlsmith’s handle of “sincerity” (https://joecarlsmith.com/2022/12/23/on-sincerity) points. am i missing something, or are these two handles for ~the same thing?
Yeah, the two sure share some structure, though IDK, I feel like I would use the terms in practice differently. I like it as a different lens on a bunch of the same underlying dynamics and problems.
I associate the idea of “integrity” with a certain kind of hardness. An unwillingness to give into external pressure, or to give into local convenience. “Sincerity” feels softer, more something that you do when you are alone or in an environment that is safe.
If I had to treat these as separate (though they seem certainly heavily overlapping), I would say something like “integrity is being able to speak what you truly believe even when facing opposition” and “sincerity is being able to sense what you truly believe”, but idk, it’s not perfect.
your handle of “integrity” seems to point at something quite similar to the thing at which joe carlsmith’s handle of “sincerity” (https://joecarlsmith.com/2022/12/23/on-sincerity) points. am i missing something, or are these two handles for ~the same thing?
Yeah, the two sure share some structure, though IDK, I feel like I would use the terms in practice differently. I like it as a different lens on a bunch of the same underlying dynamics and problems.
I associate the idea of “integrity” with a certain kind of hardness. An unwillingness to give into external pressure, or to give into local convenience. “Sincerity” feels softer, more something that you do when you are alone or in an environment that is safe.
If I had to treat these as separate (though they seem certainly heavily overlapping), I would say something like “integrity is being able to speak what you truly believe even when facing opposition” and “sincerity is being able to sense what you truly believe”, but idk, it’s not perfect.