Social Choice Phenomenology — A Critique of Sartre (Part 22)

In this paper, we examine the selection of a romantic partner. In choosing a romantic partner, the subject necessarily has certain selection criteria, and these criteria are inevitably reflections of the subject's psychological needs. We once again employ the method of Super-Existence in analyzing this process of choice. We know that the selection of a romantic partner is not merely a man's choice of a woman but also a woman's choice of a man. In essence, romantic partner selection is a two-way process. However, in this paper we consider only one party's selection of the other and do not discuss mutual selection. The issue of two-way selection will be examined in the next section.