Question

4. Jean-Paul Sartre asserts that free will springs from consciousness as a brute fact. Which then of the following are elements of this view? Circle or list all that apply.

a. You have free will in a “radical” sense that makes you fully responsible for your choices

b. Existence precedes essence (in other words, you “create” yourself in the word…you first exist, but by the exercise of free will you create your own essence)

c. Radical free will is illustrated by your unrestrained ability to form an attitude with respect to your circumstances.

d. The fact that you have radical free will in a determined universe is absurd.

Answer 1

Jean-Paul Sartre denys the reality of a predetermined universe by denying the reality exists as meaning to the essential self, there-by asserting that life is the highest value; that everything takes it value from human life, is the value we create as our life.
it is hardly self -negating, but frees the mind to consider that the truth of life is yourself and within yourself. therefore, "your life is what you make it".
considering his position in world time his philosophical opinion are a response to the destruction, and the devastation, of WW-2. a,b,c therefore seem true in the given statements.