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    exists then that would mean that life is irrational and has no arrangements of any sort. This would mean that everything mankind has done so far to progress itself through society and religion means absolutely nothing because both are used to control chaos from happening in the first place. Consequently‚ if a person is known to be an absurdist‚ people would generally think that means someone who lives a life without any meaning. However‚ this is not true because a life can be lived out rationally or

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    traditional education‚ it questions the harsh and rote practices of traditional schools. Keating becomes a teacher that transfers to students to a philosophy of life‚ a way of seeing and living. Through this philosophy can trigger concepts such as autonomy‚ right of free expression‚ freedom of thought‚ daily life‚ etc. We can also say that it teaches a sense of life‚ a sense that can only be addressed and accepted by those who live and no one else. In the film the concept free expression is represented

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    Jerome David Salinger The famous American writer Jerome David Salinger is a representative of the existentialism and neo- realism styles in the literature. Existentialism is a term which has been applied to the work of a disparate group of late nineteenth and twentieth century philosophers who‚ despite profound doctrinal differences‚ shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject - not merely the thinking subject‚ but the acting‚ feeling‚ living human individual.

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    individuals or groups. Each person is set to have their own ethics‚ and groups have sets of values that they tend to identify. Ethics can be thought of the study of the various sets of values that people have. Ethics which is also known as moral philosophy is the discipline apprehensive with what is morally good and bad or what is right and wrong. The phrase is applied to any classification or theory of moral values or principles. Ethics is in actuality two very undemanding things. Ethics first refers

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    MAJOR EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES "In modern times there are opposing views about the practice of education. There is no general agreement about what the young should learn either in relation to virtue or in relation to the best life; nor is it clear whether their education ought to be directed more towards the intellect than towards the character of the soul.... And it is not certain whether training should be directed at things useful in life‚ or at those conducive to virtue‚ or at non-essentials

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    existentialism it pursuit of authenticity. The rejection of systems that is explained in the video by Academy of Ideas (2012)‚ allows for the focus of understanding life and one’s purpose can be derived from human condition rather than trying to find the answer from an encompassed system of belief. It generalize the meaning the meaning of life‚ rather than making the individual’s purpose meaningful. Looking at Sartre’s well known slogan " existence precedes essence" the notion of denouncing the encasing

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    lull‚ and yet at the same time offers some hope. While traditional nihilism is often discussed in terms of extreme skepticism and relativism‚ for most of the 20th century it has been associated with the belief that life is meaningless. This new type of philosophy is called existential nihilism. Existential nihilism begins with the notion that the world is without meaning or purpose. Under this idea‚ existence itself‚ all action‚ suffering‚ and feeling is senseless and lacking a point.

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    the balance between himself and society. When Gregor chooses work over himself‚ he quickly loses his humanity‚ hence‚ the transformation. Although being alienated from his family through his dehumanization causes him to ultimately lose his will for life‚ Gregor is yet a prime example of how free will creates a ‘cause and effect’ ripple due to the individual which is not influenced by another’s opinion but one’s subjective

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    everything that we do and the choice that we make like what has happened and the past and the changes that we make in the future. Socrates- Felicia how will you explain event to me? Felicia- Socrates event to mean when something takes place in your life. Like when my son

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    Sartre believes that it is a good thing that people are free to make their own choices in life instead of being locked into a set path without any chance to make their own choice. In this paper‚ I will argue that people are free to make their choices and that this leads to people being happier and more observant of the their actions.

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