In Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, he strongly indicates that Joseph Garcin demonstrates self-deception through his failure of overcoming being-for-others. First, self-deception is when one lies to oneself, and being-for-others is to believe one is what others think of that person. Sartre argues this by Garcin asking for others opinions whether he is a coward or not. This is because Garcin is not able to decide on his own, but in truth, he can. He is doing an act of self-deception by saying he cannot claim himself whether he is a coward or not. Sartre proves this when Garcin asks Estelle Rigault if he is a coward, “‘Well, Estelle, am I a coward?’ ‘How can I say?...I can’t put myself in your skin. You must decide for yourself.’ ‘I can’t decide’”
