iarjhssIARJHSSIARJHSS2708-6267https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjhss.2020.v01i02.008The Issue of Freedom and Responsibility in Sartre’s Philosophical PropoundmentIgnatiusNnaemekaOnwuatuegwuVirusC.EmekwuluDepartment of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, NigeriaPope John Paul II Major Seminary, Okpuno, Nigeria 3Address ThreeThe issue of freedom and responsibility has been a perennial problem in the history of philosophy. Numerous scholars have given their views on this. Many in light of man’s rationality, designate man as a free animal. Practical experience also shows that at times what we believe to be a free decision seems to have been influenced in one way or another by various psychological and social factors. As such, it may seem as if we do not actually decide what we claim to have done ‘freely’. In view of these considerations certain pertinent questions are bound to arise such as- what is the nature of man’s freedom? Is there a limit to this freedom of man? If there exists a limit, who sets it? Is there the possibility that despite this freedom of man, he is destined to certain ends as a result of the various psychological and social factors that play vital roles in his decision-making process? Consequently, this work undertakes a basic study of the concept of freedom in the light of Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialist philosophy. For him, a thorough introspection into the being of man reveals the fact of man’s absolute freedom. As such, man is responsible for his essence. This work further discovers that for the fact that man has absolute freedom, and is not determined in anyway, he consequently bears the responsibility accruing from his decisions.