The Transparency of the Self

Kant argued that a good person is simply a clumsy liar, while the wicked excel at deception.

Nietzsche, however, dug deeper: the "good" often lie to themselves first, making their outward dishonesty a habit of internal delusion.

True virtue is transparency—being honest with others because you are first honest with yourself. Which invokes the question: can the self-deluded person truly lie?