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    Sartre's Existentialism

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    “Existentialism is a Humanism” is based on a lecture that Sartre gave in Paris on Monday, October 29, 1945. This short exposition is the perfect student’s guide to existential thought in philosophy. For Sartre, existentialism is primarily defined by the idea that “existence precedes essence (22).” At the start of his lecture, he discusses how objects are manufactured with a pre-determined purpose or “essence” in mind thus, their essence precedes their existence. He states that many people’s…

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    have argued about this concept of the existence of free will and having moral responsibility. Furthermore, there are those philosophers that do not question free will, but rather the idea of being help morally responsible for an action. In this essay we will discuss free will, the Principle of Alternative Possibilities and Harry Frankfurt’s argument against it. The idea behind the Principle of Alternative Possibilities is that, “An action is free in the sense required for moral responsibility…

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    accomplishing a task or purpose.” In the novel Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Ender the protagonist is told that “Human beings are free except when humanity needs them… Individual human beings are all tools that the others use to help us all survive” by a man named General Graff. Although all human beings deserve freedom, I believe that the statement, “Human beings are free except when humanity needs them… Individual human beings are all tools that the others use to help us all survive” by…

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    Man exists not to be controlled, not to be ruled, and not to be restrained, but to live free. In the world today, people of all genders and races have the freedom of choice without control. The choice to fail or succeed, speak or listen, live or die, be brave or afraid exist as examples of freedoms human beings have whenwhen born to this planet. We We hhumans need to embrace this blessing of freedom to live a prosperous. Freedom allows us to live for ourselves and without it we need no longer…

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    Up until the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel’s faith grew even stronger as he suffered through the torture in concentration camps, but with the help of God he was able to surpass the great evil that existed. After being forced into trains and ghettos, Wiesel did not know what was going to happen to the Jewish community, and despite the fact that he was imprisoned because he is Jews, it actually saved him as he kept his faith true and strong with God. In the interview with Oprah Winfrey, he explains how…

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    they take necessary steps if they want to achieve something or prove something in their lifetime. Given the two views, this paper will discuss how individuals are responsible for their behaviors and life circumstances. Theory of Free Will and Determinism The theory on free will includes a person who voluntary acts without being hindered by external control. This theory further supports the idea that if a person acts on a certain thing, he should feel that we really wanted to do it with the…

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    Confessions, Book Seven, Augustine talks about his views on the origin of evil. The first thing he talks about is how evil exists because of our free will (119). Augustine states how God would not have created evil because He is not able to be corrupted (120). God could not let evil into the world because evil is corrupted while God is incorruptible (120). Free will allows evil to come into because it gives humans a choice to either commit an evil act or not. Augustine then goes on and states…

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    Hume better understood that free will is necessary for people to act upon their desires. I agree with him because Frankfurt’s concept of person by second-order volitions is unreliable. He contradicted himself when he illustrated the unwilling addict argument. Namely, an act is only…

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    previously mentioned, free will may explain how there is evil, but now the focus shifts as to why there is evil. Although God did not create evil, He instead created the free will within humans that enables certain evil. God, being almighty and intelligent, would surely suggest a reason as to why He allows for evil’s existence despite having the power to stop it. This reason being the price one pays for having free will. Unfortunately, thousands of people have used this free will for bad…

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    happen could have never happened; the inevitability of causation. To a determinist, there are causes like unconscious causes that operate and bring the person to inevitably what he or she will eventually do. Free will and the whole idea of it is considered wrong or an illusion. The essence of free will is that in a given situation a person has the option to have or do more than one possible response; a choice. For determinists, you cannot have multiple options because the idea of having a choice…

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