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I was focused more on the first meaning of "sincere." I think that utilitarian's abstract "far mode" ethical beliefs and thoughts are generally fairly well predicted by utilitarianism, but their "near mode" behaviors are not. I think that self-deception and akrasia are the main reasons there is such dissonance between their beliefs and behavior.
I think a good analogy is belief in probability theory. I believe that doing probability calculations, and paying attention to the calculations of others, is the best way to determine the likelihood of something. Sometimes my behavior reflects this, I don't buy lottery tickets for instance. But other times it does not. For example, I behave more cautiously when I'm out walking if I have recently read a vivid description of a crime, even if said crime occurred decades ago, or is fictional. I worry more about diseases with creepy symptoms than I do about heart disease. But I think I do sincerely "believe" in probability theory in some sense, even though it doesn't always affect my behavior.