Anguish and responsibility are the felt consciousness of self-choice.

Evidence

And if someone objects that in accordance with these observations it would be necessary to be conscious not of our being-chosen but of choosing ourselves, we shall reply that this consciousness is expressed by the two-fold “feeling” of anguish and of responsibility. Anguish, abandonment, responsibility, whether muted or full strength, constitute the quality of our consciousness in so far as this is pure and simple freedom. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1118

Categorization

• XREF: Core systematic backdrop for Beauvoir’s account of ambiguity as the lived texture of freedom. — connects to: Anguish is consciousness of being one’s own future in the mode of not-being — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 239; Anguish reveals that one’s original choice is unjustifiable and contingent — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1120; The supposed intuition of freedom is a constructed evasion of anguish (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Defines the experiential content of freedom: not being-chosen but choosing, registered as anguish and responsibility.

Broader Connections

• Anguish reveals that one’s original choice is unjustifiable and contingent #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1120
• Anguish arises when consciousness sees itself cut from its essence by nothingness #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 246
• Choosing a situation and choosing one’s self are inseparable daily acts #expands (0.80)
• Anguish is not paralysis but the necessary condition of responsible action. #corroborates (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a Humanism, 12
• The supposed intuition of freedom is a constructed evasion of anguish #qualifies (0.75)
• Moral responsibility presupposes that people have self-influence over their actions. #expands (0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 65