The for-itself’s responsibility extends to the whole peopled world

Evidence

Under these conditions since every event in the world can be revealed to me only as an opportunity (an opportunity made use of, lacked, neglected, etc.), or better yet since everything which happens to us can be considered as a chance (i.e., can appear to us only as a way of realizing this being which is in question in our being) and since others as transcendences-transcended are themselves only opportunities and chances, the responsibility of the for-itself extends to the entire world as a peopled-world. It is precisely thus that the for-itself apprehends itself in anguish; that is, as a being which is neither the foundation of its own being nor of the Other’s being nor of the in-itselfs which form the world, but a being which is compelled to decide the meaning of being—within it and everywhere outside of it. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1293

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up the systematic backdrop to Beauvoir’s ethics of ambiguity; the for-itself as compelled to decide the meaning of being is the ontological ground for responsibility. — connects to: Even the worst situations remain fundamentally human and thus our responsibility — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1288; Radical freedom makes each person wholly responsible for their epoch — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1291; The For-itself is responsible for how it apprehends qualities of things — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 598 (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Clarifies how ‘opportunity’ and ‘chance’ function as technical terms insofar as the for-itself reveals all events as ways of realizing its being-in-question.

Broader Connections

• The For-itself is responsible for how it apprehends qualities of things #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 598
• The for-itself’s self-relation constitutes the world as circuitry of selfness. #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 386
• The for-itself is fully responsible for its being yet cannot justify or choose it #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 343
• The for-itself constitutes the world’s totality through radical negation #expands (0.80)
• Each person shares responsibility for every injustice committed in his presence #exemplifies (0.80) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 926
• Persons are understood as free unifications of responsibility rather than as substances #corroborates (0.80)