What is the good life? That question has many interpretations and definitions of the “good life”. Philosophers and religious thinkers over the centuries have laid out there theories. According to Socrates, life prepares us for death which has eternal significance. The good life is about knowledge, self-discipline and justice in our soul. Utilitarianism and deontological ethics are two major ethics theories that strive to identify and account for moral rules and principles. The Utilitarianism ethic or consequentialism was a moral theory that was created and improved by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Utilitarianism comes in different varieties. In basic words, it means that no moral act or rule is automatically wrong or right.
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Although, existentialists do not believe that we have essence to determine our actions, but instead they believed that humans were made who they were through their actions. The existentialists say that free will is a more of a curse. The central virtue in existentialism is authenticity. It means to remain true to you and your character, and not acting like other people. To have no authenticity is bad faith. Someone who is considered acting in bad faith is someone that is controlled and shaped by someone else. Rather than, being in control of themselves and responsible for one self. This shows hot the terms are related to freedom. One bad act of faith can take away freedom. Freedom is then opened up by authenticity. Another main word that is important to the human condition is ambiguity. We are beings that hang between god and animal.
We do not have complete power our lives. Our past plays a huge role in our lives. So to say we have no past would be bad faith. Nevertheless, it would also be bad faith to think that you cannot pull away from your past. The same applies if someone was born into it. Being responsible for our own decisions and values is called freedom. A famous existentialist said this, “existence precedes essence”, and it means that essential nature is not something we are born
Although, existentialists do not believe that we have essence to determine our actions, but instead they believed that humans were made who they were through their actions. The existentialists say that free will is a more of a curse. The central virtue in existentialism is authenticity. It means to remain true to you and your character, and not acting like other people. To have no authenticity is bad faith. Someone who is considered acting in bad faith is someone that is controlled and shaped by someone else. Rather than, being in control of themselves and responsible for one self. This shows hot the terms are related to freedom. One bad act of faith can take away freedom. Freedom is then opened up by authenticity. Another main word that is important to the human condition is ambiguity. We are beings that hang between god and animal.
We do not have complete power our lives. Our past plays a huge role in our lives. So to say we have no past would be bad faith. Nevertheless, it would also be bad faith to think that you cannot pull away from your past. The same applies if someone was born into it. Being responsible for our own decisions and values is called freedom. A famous existentialist said this, “existence precedes essence”, and it means that essential nature is not something we are born