5/9/2023 0 Comments Sartre on being![]() ![]() ![]() He is a coward,” we should say “He is a coward because he runs away” instead of saying “TheyĬare for their children because they are devoted parents,” we should say “They are devoted In a certain way that we establish an identity. In his view it is not true that we act in a certain way because of our identity. Jean-Paul Sartre, however, is unsatisfied with this kind of explanation, because he thinks it is back-to-front. So we can understand why human beings act by looking to some aspect of their personal ![]() ![]() Something about who the person is and what they are like: “She treats the patient because she isĪ doctor” “He runs away because he is a coward” “They care for their childrenīecause they are devoted parents.” These explanations refer in some way to the identity of the But a satisfying answer will often tell us We do not distinguish between these words very carefully. Questions will point to a great range of causes, reasons, motives, or motivations. Why does someone do one thing rather than another? What explains the action? Our answers to these SUBSCRIBE NOW Articles Identity and Freedom in Being and Nothingness Stephen Wang continues our debate on these essential aspects of being human by considering what Jean-Paul Sartre had to say about them. ![]()
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