Risking one’s life demonstrates freedom from determination

Evidence

In order to make myself recognized by the Other, I must risk my own life. To risk one’s life, in fact, is to reveal oneself as not-bound to the objective form or to any determined existence—as not-bound to life. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 684

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines risking life as the demonstration that one transcends facticity — a core definitional move in Sartre’s ontology of freedom.
• XREF: connects to: Demonstrated risk can succeed precisely because it is risky — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 809

Broader Connections

• Demonstrated risk can succeed precisely because it is risky #corroborates (0.75) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 809