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Originally Posted by wilbjammin
Free will is highly limited by the environment. He talks about how imagination is the limit of of free will within the facticity of life, but I think that imagination is limited by environmental constrains as well. One can only imagine the arguments that Simone de Beauvoir had with him over this coming from a historical perspective of how women have been treated and why certain behaviors have been normalized.
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a good objection. the reply is an interesting one. sartre separated the body (being) and the mind (nothingness). the choices that went on in the mind had little to no interaction with the body, where the capability to actually carry out these choices lies.
(i would say that) sartre will state quite plainly that the environment does not limit any choices. if you care to give me a specific environmental example, i'll see if it'll pass the test of my understanding of sartre's philosophy.
p.s.: thanks for the responses, guys, i do appreciate them. if i'm being dismissive of the responses, its because thats what the paper is all about
feel free to continue to argue your point as it may lead to a deeper one that is an even better objection.