“ Existence precedes essence” is the philosophy that is the kind of person someone is the product of the free choices that they have made throughout their life. It starts with the individual self. Man is nothing else but what he has made of himself this is philosopher Sartre’s basis for Human Existentialism. It holds the individual self accountable for the characteristics that they possess. Even if it is circumstances that one doesn’t seem to be able to prevent , an example being where a child is born. But in this instance that child didn’t take their own life so they made the conscious decision to stay and live that way. Nothing is predetermined or fixed by God it is purely the decisions that we make who makes a person who they are. Having all this personal responsibility it is one option to do the right thing. With that being said doing the right things can have an influence on or an impact on the world and the people who you are responsible for. That is where the concept of anguish comes in because it becomes a burden when you have the responsibility to do the right things because the world is watching. One only assumes it is the right thing that they are doing but they don’t know for sure. We can only hope it is right and that creates despair. An example of this is marriage. We are told that marriage is the right thing to do so we follow suit and do that. But we don’t know exactly who said it is a right thing to do or why we just no it is because other people have done it. Marriage is said to be the union of two people and when you step outside of your marriage it is called an affair and is punishable with in the courts in the form of alimony. Monogamy is the commitment that is spoken for when you do the ceremony of marriage. It is said to be the “right” thing to do.
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