J.P. Sartre's Ethics and Communication

Abstract

There are many controversial arguments concerning to the “intersubjectivity” which guarantees universal, objective communication between one person and another. Manfred Frank presents a “consent or conflict” model to explain the positive and negative attitudes towards “intersubjectivity”. Here “conflict” means a definite opposition to any “consent” which disguises the actual confrontation or discommunication, or the reality of a ruler-subordinate relationship under a totalitarian peace. This paper tries to place Sartre on the “conflict” side. In my point of view, Sartre introduces “ethics” to oppose “consent”, thus providing a communication model without the enlightening “reason”.