Sartre does not agree with the idea that human beings have a sole purpose in life and must fulfill and is obligated to perform …show more content…
Although he disagrees with people being obligated to perform one task and be blind to others, or that we must stick to one profession and ignore everything else, we are obligated and have a duty to make choices, be responsible for ourselves and the world, and find meaning and purpose to our lives. Eliminating the God from humanity, allows people to be free or have their purpose derived from someone else. We choose to be who we are and do things we want to do. We have a choice to be someone we are not. Sartre even says, “there is no common measure between who you are and who you want to be”. However, we have a duty to be who we are and cannot be anyone else. We cannot feel what others feel nor can we think or experience things in the same way as someone else. We have a duty to choose who we want to be for ourselves and for the