Question

Which of the following claims is consistent with Sartre's concept of anguish?

Answer 1

The claim which is consistent with Sartre's concept of anguish is the following one:

We are aware of our being freely choosing beings and we experience that freedom as a burden.

Jean Paul Sartre stated that we were slaves to freedom, which is a huge paradox. However, since every choice we make implies rejecting or renouncing, freedom can be a burden indeed.

E.g.: Imagine you have met the woman of your dreams and want to marry her desperately. You've made your choice. Nevertheless, marrying such a woman implies renouncing all the others you had met previously or will meet in the future. Plus, your marriage can turn into a nightmare, and you will have no one to blame but yourself for having made that decision of marrying.

Life would be quite easier if we were just told what to choose, that is, what the best choice would be. If that was the case, we would have someone else but ourselves to blame in case things turned out wrong.

Answer 2

The anguish concept by Sartre represents the feeling of full responsibility for one’s choices, the awareness our freedoms as well a the burden that the freedom carry on, following this line of thought the claim that best match with the concept is “We are aware of our being freely choosing beings and we experience that freedom as a burden.”