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Exestentialist View on Human Condition

Title: Exestentialist View on Human Condition
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 429 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Exestentialist View on 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. …showed first 75 words of 429 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 429 total…the police, the courts, the jails and all the people who are involved with those organizations. So now the question is raised 'what if everyone acted the same way that man did?' Well there could be nothing but anarchy, no laws, or government. Basically we would revert to a type of Neanderthal type state. This is why many classic philosophers have problems with the Existentialist point of view, because of the 'what if' questions.

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