Jean-Paul Sartre?

what is humanism existentialism?


what is is existentialism?





just your own opinion...


thanks!


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Sartre wrote a pamphlet called Existentialism is a Humanism because by its nature it is us that studies our existance through ourselves...by necessity this makes the enterprise very human. Sartre also held the belief that our decisions carried the weight with them that when we choose we choose for the world...or that when we act we give out approval for everyone else to do whatever action we took part in.





The philosophy itself (existentialism) is pretty much...you are a conscious being in a world that you did not choose...you are here ultimately alone because of the nature of consciousness...we can never know if we are in the matrix...of the Truman show...however we are met with others that we know are like us and so we can assume they are like us. These people want things from us...all the time...and so this is where "hell is other people" comes in.





All these people need things...which forces us to act like...a son...a father...a worker...a citizen...and so on...and each time you try to act like...a good son...you run the risk of not being yourself and trying to be some image of a perfect son...Sartre used an example of a waiter that was...too concerned with being a good waiter...Don't worry other people aren't exclusively hell...they can work with us too.





So to act like yourself it to act in good faith...to let yourself slip into roles is to act in bad faith. There is a lot more to this, but thats all you get for a quarter.





I hope this helps





Rev Phil|||http://www.ask.com/web?q=Jean-Paul+Sartr鈥?/a>|||In my opinion, Sartre and Bouvier were blowhards who wrote a lot of words about nothing to describe the obvious.|||existentialism is what you perceive as your reality and how you interact with it.-blurey|||Existentialism: is a philosophical doctrine that gives existence prevalence over essence. A man first exists and then he chooses what he wants to become.





Humanism: is a philosophical doctrine that affirms the dignity of all human beings.





In his work 'Existentialism is a Humanism', Jean-Paul Sartre tries to answer those who had criticized Existentialism for considering it a dehumanizing philosophy.