FAQ About Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre's main contribution to philosophy is his development of existentialism. This philosophy emphasizes individual freedom, choice, and responsibility. Sartre argued that humans are condemned to be free, meaning that even though we did not choose to exist, we must always make choices, and we are responsible for the consequences of these choices. His work Being and Nothingness is a seminal text in existentialist thought.