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Full Idea
Readers often confuse Sartre's notion of freedom with the freedom of acting whimsically ....but since there is no God, we must create our own values. Freedom is not merely a licence to act whimsically.; it entails responsibility.
Gist of Idea
Sartre's freedom is not for whimsical action, but taking responsibility for our own values
Source
report of Jean-Paul Sartre (Being and Nothingness [1943]) by Christine Daigle - Jean-Paul Sartre 2.3
Book Ref
Daigle,Christine: 'Jean-Paul Sartre' [Routledge 2010], p.44
A Reaction
The idea that we create our values comes from Nietzsche. Did Sartre want everyone to behave like an übermensch? How can you form a society from individuals who create private values, even if they (somehow) take responsibility for them?
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| 22227 | For Sartre there is only being for-itself, or being in-itself (which is beyond experience) [Sartre, by Daigle] |
| 6151 | Sartre says consciousness is just directedness towards external objects [Sartre, by Rowlands] |
| 6164 | Sartre rejects mental content, and the idea that the mind has hidden inner features [Sartre, by Rowlands] |
| 22228 | Sartre's freedom is not for whimsical action, but taking responsibility for our own values [Sartre, by Daigle] |
| 20760 | Sincerity is not authenticity, because it only commits to one particular identity [Sartre, by Aho] |
| 7074 | Man is a useless passion [Sartre] |
| 20743 | Appearances do not hide the essence; appearances are the essence [Sartre] |
| 22233 | Love is the demand to be loved [Sartre] |
| 6687 | Man is the desire to be God [Sartre] |
| 20755 | Fear concerns the world, but 'anguish' comes from confronting my self [Sartre] |
| 22231 | We flee from the anguish of freedom by seeing ourselves objectively, as determined [Sartre] |