Hmm… I spent a while thinking about “pretending to pretend”. I’m not sure if that’s quite accurate. If I’m pretending to be just, I want you believe that I am just, so if I was pretending to pretend, I’d want you believe that I’m pretending.
It seems that you are using pretending to mean “trying to convince you to believe X” and pretending to pretend as “trying to convince you that I believe X in good faith”. Maybe there’s a frame I’m missing, but it doesn’t seem like the best label (nor the worst either).
Hmm… I spent a while thinking about “pretending to pretend”. I’m not sure if that’s quite accurate. If I’m pretending to be just, I want you believe that I am just, so if I was pretending to pretend, I’d want you believe that I’m pretending.
It seems that you are using pretending to mean “trying to convince you to believe X” and pretending to pretend as “trying to convince you that I believe X in good faith”. Maybe there’s a frame I’m missing, but it doesn’t seem like the best label (nor the worst either).