Tuesday 13 April 2010

The concept of freedom according to Sartre is questionable; one cannot argue that we are completely autonomous free beings. As our lives have been influenced by society and the people around us such as friends and family. So the freedom to make our decisions is also limited because we are influenced by others around us. Therefore one can argue that Sartre is mistaken when he argues that we are free to make decisions and to choose what and how one wants to act. This can be applied to the case of the woman on her first date, her decision is not purely based on her freedom to make whatever decision she wants, as her opinions and views on making certain decisions for example how to behave on a first date have been influenced by others. One can argue that the example given by Sartre of the homosexual feeling guilty is also flawed. As he was emphasizing on how one should not deny another human beings transcendence, he stresses the fact that we are all free to choose and others can not choose for us. At the moment you choose decisions for another person you are intervening and are denying their transcendence. But this is not the case as one can argue that complete freedom to make decisions and to choose does not exist.

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