ABSTRACT
In the previous chapters, we have seen that Sartre defines the human being as an intentional consciousness that is absolutely free. Consciousness is in the world and acts freely, surpassing its facticity toward a being that it is not. Consciousness is what it is not and is not what it is. It aims toward a future possible and is thus also defined as being a project that transcends itself. Because consciousness is absolutely free, it can transcend its own situation, its facticity, and become what it chooses to be through its actions. As we have seen, however, absolute freedom entails absolute responsibility. The lack of a transcendent being such as God condemns the human being to act by himself and create values for himself; but this makes him entirely responsible for his deeds. Because the human being is the sum of his deeds, the human being is thus entirely responsible for what he makes of himself.
