Sartre says, "Nor, on the other hand, if God does not exist, are we provided with any values or commands that could legitimize our behavior. Thus we have neither behind us, nor before us in a luminous realm of values, any means of justification or excuse. We are left alone, without excuse. That is what I mean when I say that man is condemned to be free."

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Sartre's existentialist philosophy asserts that in a godless universe, there are no objective moral values or commands to guide human behavior. This means that we are left alone to create our own values and determine our own behavior, making us "condemned to be free."

Sartre Says, "Nor, on the Other Hand, If God Does