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    Challenges→Each of us is socially constructed to a significant extent.

    Existentialist accounts (Sartre, de Beauvoir) hold that radical freedom means individuals perpetually transcend the facticity of their social situation through authentic self-creation.

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    Authentic self-creation(the positive goal existentialists say we should pursue)
    The process of genuinely making yourself who you want to be through honest choices, rather than just following what society expects or pretending to be someone you're not.
    Existentialism(describing the broader philosophical tradition being discussed)
    A philosophical movement that emphasizes that people are free to make choices and create their own meaning in life, rather than having a predetermined purpose or essence.
    Sartre(the main philosopher being discussed)
    Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th-century French philosopher who argued that humans are fundamentally free to create their own meaning and identity, and that this freedom comes with responsibility.
    Transcend(metaphysics and ethics)
    Go beyond or rise above something; in this case, moral principles that exist independent of human-made rules.

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    de Beauvoir(key existentialist philosopher being referenced)
    Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), a French existentialist philosopher and writer who applied existentialist ideas to topics like freedom, gender, and how society shapes identity.
    facticity
    The aspect of a person under which one genuinely holds a belief that is central to one's being as an engaged agent in a situation.
    radical freedom(as Sartre's core concept about human existence)
    The idea that humans have complete, unrestricted freedom to make choices and define themselves, with no fixed nature or destiny imposed on us.

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