The motivation is to highlight what is good in interpersonal relationships especially as reflected in the African notion of Ubuntu. It offers a critique of Sartre’s view, as contained in his earlier works, concerning the relationship that exists between the individual and other people. The aim in this essay is to assert the contrary. In this scenario, interpersonal relations are antagonistic. The only obstacle to the realization of this freedom according to Sartre is the “Other.” For Sartre, “hell is other people” (No Exit) since the Other is always a threat to the individual’s freedom. This existential individual is being-for-itself (to use Sartre’s own words) that is open to all possibilities as the individual finds out that he/she is free to become what he or she wills. Sartrean existential individual is similar to the solitary Cartesian ego, and in a situation where an attempt at interpersonal relations is impossible. Jean-Paul Sartre holds a radical ontological individualism view consistent with existentialist thoughts prevalent in his era.
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