ABSTRACT
There is a good chance that at some point reader have been wrong about an important aspect of their life. Maybe they thought they were a fast runner, until they ran their first organized race. It is not that unusual for happiness to be predicated on some kind of deception. They might block out the negative aspects of their upbringing and choose to focus only on the good memories. They might find themselves so in love that they convince ourselves that the object of their love loves them back just as much. Reader begin by considering some influential philosophical arguments in defense of authenticity. They will then turn to explore some philosophical and psychological explanations of why authenticity might not be that important to subjective well-being, after all.
