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Essay / Existentialism and its role today - 805
The good life is an expression representing the way one would like to live one's life. In other words, how this person achieves happiness. There are three theories that correlate with the good life: Taoism, Stoicism, and Existentialism. Since each person defines their happiness differently, each person has their own opinion on whether what is read is correct or not. The goal is to at least highlight what everyone seems drawn to. Existentialism is an important theory to consider in order to achieve the good life. Although existentialism may not appeal to everyone as a reliable theory for achieving a good life, it explains how existentialism can be used to achieve a good life. Jean-Paul Sartre is a well-known existentialist writer who, in his article "Existentialism is a Humanism", discusses in detail what existentialism is, "a doctrine that makes human life possible and also asserts that all truth and each action implies an environment and human subjectivity” (Sartre 18). From this quote we can infer that everything said and done is subject to appropriate judgment. Sartre goes on to describe the views of an existentialist. An existentialist “affirms that if God does not exist, there is at least one being whose existence precedes the essence, a being whose existence precedes its essence, a being which exists before it can be defined by a any concept of it” (Sartre 22). ). This quote explains that God is the being(s) who existed before classification, but who spiritually gave power to the world known today. Later in his article, Sartre describes subjectivism and what it means. “Subjectivism means the freedom of the individual subject to choose what he will be, and the inability of man to transcend the human subject... middle of article... different views of Kierkegaard are then the existentialist views the best known. Existentialism is a surprisingly popular theory of the good life today. Whether or not people have the same view of a life worth living or existentialism, existentialism may prove to be an interesting theory that could be used to achieve a life worth living. worth living. Works CitedFox, Michael Allen. “Chapter 3: Kierkegaard – In Search of the Individual.” The remarkable existentialists. Amherst, NY: Humanity, 2009. 45-69. Print.Fox, Michael Allen. Preface, “Chapter 1: What is Existentialism? » Remarkable existentialists. Amherst, New York: Humanity, 2009. 11-12, 13-25. Print.Jean-Paul Sartre. Existentialism is humanism. New Haven: YaleUP, 2007. 18-24. Print.Camus, Albert. “Life is absurd.” The moral life. By Louis P. Pojman and Lewis Vaughn. New York: Oxford UP, 2009.578-81. Print.