Read the handout in this unit and discuss the important points
In existentialism, the ethical ideal is to live “authentically”–a notoriously slippery concept—celebrating individual freedom and responsibility.
In existentialism, the ethical ideal is to live “authentically”–a notoriously slippery concept—celebrating individual freedom and responsibility. According to Sartre, we are here by blind chance, and nothing more. There is no objective reason for our existence, and this hard truth imposes a responsibility on each of us to live