Page | 1 A Philosophical Critique of Jean-Paul Sartre Notion of ‘Freedom’ By Morobo Thankgod Asheh (B.A. PHI) Ambrose Alli University, Department of Philosophy, P.M.B. 14, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria Email address: moroboauthority@gmail.com ABSTRACT One of the themes that are central to existentalism as a movement in the history of philosophy is the concept of 'Freedom'. According to the existentalists, freedom is identcal to Man. Specifcally, Jean Paul Sartre postulated that Man is condemned to be free, because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for the choices he makes, it is lef for him to give meaning to his own life. This absolute form of freedom presuppose that there are no form of infuences on, or inhibiton to the choices human makes. However, on a thorough investgaton, that is probably not the case. Therefore, it is against the backdrop of this that we are carrying out an examinaton of Sartre’s noton of freedom, and also atempt a critque of it. The paper in conclusion submit that, although humans may have freedom, but given some factcity of life and other factors, this freedom is far from absolute. Keywords: Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentalism, Freedom, Bad faith, Determinism INTRODUCTION Existentalism can be defned as a philosophy of subjectvity or Selfood. It is a doctrine derived from Soren Kierkegaard the Danish philosopher and popularized by Jean Paul Sartre, the French writer and philosopher, that man is a unique and isolated individual in an indiferent or hostle universe, responsible for his actons and free to choose his destny.