The basic form of my question is: Are humans born with radical freedom, or do they develop this ability with age?
Early Sartre would probably suggest the former. Later Sartre, however, might agree more with the latter. I think he would likely say that humans should work towards achieving radical freedom, and that this effort will likely be a lifelong project. Initially, humans are entirely dependent upon others to make their choices for them; later on, they become gradually more autonomous, until they are relatively free of others' influences.
My own viewpoint on this issue is virtually inapplicable, as I do not think that humans ever have radical freedom, both because I think that the universe is in fact predetermined and because I do not think that (even given the existence of free will) humans could ever be sufficiently free of outside influence as to be radically free.
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