Social Choice Phenomenology — A Critique of Sartre (Part 7)

Sartre believes that the subject’s choice produces pain, and that this pain arises because the subject must be responsible for others and for all of humanity. Sartre gives a military example: he argues that a military commander experiences pain because some people may die, since he must take responsibility for his soldiers. I do not believe that a military commander experiences pain for these reasons. The fact that people die in battle is something everyone knows. I also point out that Sartre’s claim—that the subject suffers pain because he must be responsible for all of humanity—is extremely absurd.