“We are left alone, without excuses. This is what I mean when I say that man is condemned to be free” (Sartre 32). Radical freedom and responsibility are the central notion of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy. However, Sartre himself raises objections to his philosophy, but overcomes these obvious objections. In this article I will argue that man creates his own essence through his own choices and that our values ​​and choices are important because they allow man to be free and create his own existence. I will do this by first explaining Jean-Paul Sartre's quote, then by comprehensively expounding Sartre's theory, and then by countering the objections raised against Sartre's theory. When Sartre says: “We are left alone, without excuses. This I mean to say that man is condemned to be free” (Sartre 32), talks about the autonomous life of man; which is human independence and the freedom to will one's own actions. Since God, according to Sartre, did not create man, we are creating ourselves. Through human intelligence comes the essence, the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, but the essence comes only after human existence. Creating one's essence allows man to be free because we create what we are, rather than our identities that are given to us. The only guidance man receives comes from himself because he is left alone in the universe, which in turn makes him responsible. Man has no one to tell him what to do, there may be laws but they are man made and because they are man made no one has real control over man. Existentialism is a theory or philosophical approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free person and responsible agent who determines his or her own development through acts of will. To Sartre, saying that some... middle of paper... violent objections. This article argues that man creates his own essence through his own choices and that our values ​​and choices are important because they allow man to be free and create his own existence. I did this first by explaining Jean-Paul Sartre's quote, then by comprehensively expounding Sartre's theory, and then by opposing the objections raised against Sartre's theory.Works CitedDictionary.com | Free online dictionary for English definitions. Network. 15 April 2011. "Existentialism". Collegio Sant'Anselmo: Collegio Sant'Anselmo. Network. 15 April 2011. .Sartre, Jean-Paul and Stephen Priest. Jean-Paul Sartre: Basic Writings. London: Routledge, 2001. Print."Jean-Paul Sartre." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Network. April 15. 2011. .