BEING AND HUMAN FREEDOM IN JEAN-PAUL SARTRE’S BEING AND NOTHINGNESS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19499206Keywords:
being-in-itself, being-for-itself, nothingness, freedom, bad faith, consciousnessAbstract
Being and Human Freedom in Jean-Paul Sartre’s Being and Nothingness.
This article explores Jean-Paul Sartre’s conception of being and freedom in Being and Nothingness, highlighting the ontological foundations of human existence. It examines Sartre’s distinction between being-in-itself and being-for-itself, showing how consciousness emerges as a dynamic process rather than a fixed substance. The analysis continues with the role of nothingness in structuring consciousness, grounding the possibility of freedom. Freedom is presented not as a psychological state, but as the ontological condition of existence, inevitably linked to anguish and responsibility. Further, the paper investigates authenticity and bad faith as existential attitudes, and addresses the ontological problem of the Other, emphasizing how intersubjective relations shape human selfhood.
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