It does not focus on the moral values and correctness but rather how the intersubjective mind that makes morality a need. An example of the existential mind is if a person is called to war and the person has a decision to either go serve the army for the greater good or stay back to fulfill a personal good by taking care of their sick mother. Existentialism is a bit different from deontology or utilitarianism, as it is not solely focused on ethical decisions that people may struggle through life. However, it does face problems in finding individual purpose and difficulty in taking responsibility. They have problems with society trying to impose belief systems or values and expecting them to accept and follow because that ruins the individual’s independence. In their eyes, society’s persuasions and the people’s conformity to society is causing the person to be dehumanized and reducing them to being an object by taking away their independence. They value people’s thoughts and judgment rather than religious or secular world beliefs and
It does not focus on the moral values and correctness but rather how the intersubjective mind that makes morality a need. An example of the existential mind is if a person is called to war and the person has a decision to either go serve the army for the greater good or stay back to fulfill a personal good by taking care of their sick mother. Existentialism is a bit different from deontology or utilitarianism, as it is not solely focused on ethical decisions that people may struggle through life. However, it does face problems in finding individual purpose and difficulty in taking responsibility. They have problems with society trying to impose belief systems or values and expecting them to accept and follow because that ruins the individual’s independence. In their eyes, society’s persuasions and the people’s conformity to society is causing the person to be dehumanized and reducing them to being an object by taking away their independence. They value people’s thoughts and judgment rather than religious or secular world beliefs and