Existentialism

What is existentialism?

• a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

• religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure

• a philosophy concerned with death

• a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters

Existentialism is concerned with finding the self through:

• Freewill

• Choice

• Personality Responsibility

• All of the above

This philosophy was responding to what idea?

• Politics are inherently evil

• People are inherently good

• God gives meaning to life

• Heaven awaits those who repent

Existentialism is defined by which of the following concepts?

• wealth, pleasure, honor= the good life

• living authentically

• Science will make everything better

• Accept that life "is what it is"

According to Kierkegaard, who is responsible for giving meaning to life?

• Society

• Religion

• Your parents

• the individual

When did the existentialist school of thought come into being?

• The Enlightenment Era

• After WWII

• Before WWI

• The American Revolutionary War

These are all examples of Existentialist Principles except:

• Essence precedes existence

• The world we know is absurd and unfair

• Social values and structure should control the individual

• "Man makes himself"

Where did this idea start?

• Africa

• The United States

• Europe

• Australia

What is the absurd?

• the idea that the world is meaningless

• people who live in the mental institution

• a philosophy about why people go crazy

• the belief that God is responsible for creation

What is existentialism?

• emphasizes the existence of an individual as a free and responsible agent of society

• emphasizes how humans used science to prove how things came to be

• emphasizes the creation of the world which is a product of the big bang theory

• emphasizes the origin of the world