PHIL 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Essentialism
17 Nov 2018
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People want to point to various ways which we have ethical duties to others. Existentialists in large try to avoid these standpoints and take a subjective prospective. Sartre"s ethical theories are split into strange areas in different books. Give you particular thinking of the political reading of jean. Ultimately some of the tensions that arise from his political writings. There is a challenge that is raised by people who are not big fans of existentialism. People suggest that it is an amoral interpretation. Questions about obligations to self, authenticity, our political rights. We may have duties to other people, and live in a vacuum. They suggest that we have duties to others. There is a good chance you"re doing harm to yourself, and limiting various aspects of your life. What we can agree is that there are moral questions at the base of existentialist philosophy, let"s ask some questions. Objective normative principals, that goes back to the first principal.
