Sartre asserts, "that God does not exist, and that it is necessary to draw the consequences of his absence right to the end. The existentialist is strongly opposed to a certain type of secular moralism which seeks to suppress God at the least possible expense." For Sartre, this defines the concept of ...
A) anguish.
B) abandonment.
C) despair.
D) hope.

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Sartre's statement about drawing the consequences of God's absence to the end is a key feature of the concept of abandonment in existentialism. The rejection of secular moralism is also in line with this idea of abandonment, as it emphasizes the individual's responsibility to create their own moral code in the absence of divine guidance. While anguish, despair, and hope are also key concepts in existentialism, they are not directly related to the points made in this quote by Sartre.

Sartre Asserts, "That God Does Not Exist, and That It