Existentialist Themes Of Anxiety And Absurdity

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“(?) --> H”, poses the
idea of what makes up the essence of being a human being. Subquestion three, “E
--> (H --> M)”, asks whether it is true or false that it is ethical to assume
that humans should be given moral priority over animals.
I order to support my interpretation and answer the topic question, I
will try to explain my personal ethical theory. We were given several different
theories in which to emulate or pick pieces of in order to define such words
which have different meanings to different people. For such vague words such as
`right' and `wrong', the context in which they are presented are vital pieces in
order to define them. It is my belief, and a necessary requirement of this
paper to somehow define these two words. It is obvious that these two words
must be opposites of each other. Therefore, the understanding of one will
easily lead to the understanding of its opposite. However, the words themselves
will never be anything more than five letters ...

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history that goes back to the 19th-century Danish
philosopher Soren Kierkegarrd.
All existentialists have tried to stress the importance of passionate
individual action in deciding question of both morality and truth (Warnock).
They have insisted, accordingly, that personal experience and acting on one's
own convictions are essential in arriving at the truth. Thus, the understanding
of a situation by someone involved in that situation is superior to that of a
detached, objective observer. This emphasis in the perspective of the
individual agent has also made existentialists suspicious of systematic
reasoning (Warnock).
Perhaps the most prominent concept in existentialism is that of ...

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