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According to Sartre's Being and Nothingness, which of the following statement[s] is/are true?
According to Sartre's Being and Nothingness, which of the following statement[s] is/are true?
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In Sartre's philosophy, bad faith is a self-deceptive act of denying freedom, and nothingness is what enables human freedom by allowing transcendence beyond facticity.
Updated On: Aug 29, 2025
- Bad faith is human beings' denial of their own freedom
- To assert the existence of nothingness is to deny the existence of human freedom
- To assert the existence of nothingness is to assert the existence of human freedom
- Being and nothingness self-evidently exclude each other
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The Correct Option is A, C
Solution and Explanation
In Sartre's philosophy, "bad faith" refers to the human tendency to deny one's own freedom by adopting a false sense of determinism or excuses. This denial undermines the assertion of one's own agency and freedom (A).
Furthermore, in Sartrean existentialism, nothingness is intimately connected with human freedom. The concept of nothingness is what allows for the possibility of freedom because it enables the transcendence of facts or given circumstances. By asserting the existence of nothingness, one affirms the ability to act freely (C).
Options (B) and (D) are incorrect. In Sartre's view, asserting nothingness does not deny freedom (contrary to option B), and being and nothingness are not contradictory in his framework; rather, nothingness enables being to transcend its factual limitations (D is incorrect).
\[ \boxed{\text{Therefore, (A) and (C) are correct.}} \]
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