Existentialist View Of Human Condition

Existentialist View of Human Condition


Two of the main principles of Existentialist Human Condition are:  That man

exists and then creates himself and what man chooses for himself he chooses for

everyone else as well.  Lets examine the first principle: man exists and then

defines himself.  What it means is that man is created on this earth and is

nothing but a body, blood and guts.  What he chooses to do and to be is what

makes him a man.  If a man comes into this world and chooses to steal, cheat,

kill and lie then that is what that man has made himself to be.  While society

may see him as a "evil" person, that is what is right for him.  Now on the other

hand if a person chooses to be generous, kind, honest and loving, society may

see him as a "good" person while it is still right for him.  According to the

Existentialists, a person is placed on this earth with no predisposed "good" or

"evil" values, one man is not created with any more good or evil than the next.

By the decisions we make in life we create ourselves.  Next the second view,

what man chooses for himself he chooses for everyone else.  This is a view I

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