Sartre`s Existentialism Sartres essay on existentialism was relatively an easy reading mostly becauseof his frequent use of examples. His ideas on existentialism are in a way backedup and explained through his examples. Morality and the responsibility ofmaintaining morality through free will seem to be the predominant point Sartewants us to understand. He explains the reasons through existentialism. Thereare basically two types of existentialism: Christian and atheistic. They bothbelieve that existence precedes essence. Sarte believes in the atheisticapproach and therefore believes in mans free will. Sarte states that man isnothing else but what he makes of himself. Man will be what he will have plannedto be not what he will want to be. Man is able to do whatever he wants accordingto the free will approach. However, Sarte believes that man is responsible forfar more than just himself. Mans responsibility encompasses all men. Ideally,I feel that this is a morally good concept. Suppose before we throw a piece ofgarbage out the car window we ask ourselves what it would be like if everybodythrew garbage out the window. Then we decide not to because we would then livein a huge garbage dump. Im mostly in agreement with the ideas expressed bySarte. Like Ponge saidman is the future of man. We all should be moreaware of our broader responsibilities, not just our individual ones. If we dothat then this world would be a much better place to live in. Quietism is aconcept I do not agree with. Sartes emphasis on action is a good one. I dobelieve that nothing ventured is nothing gained.
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