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    to the answer to this question I will attempt to answer the three subquestions which deal less with the content of the question itself and more with the reaction to reading the question. Also key to the support of my theory is the concept of existentialism. I will go into the foundations of this ethical theory throughout the remainder of this paper. Subquestion one‚ "E --> C"‚ simple asks whether it is true or false that if you have an ethical theory then does it have to be consistent. Subquestion

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    Jean-Paul Sartre portrays existentialism in his play‚ No Exit‚ through his three main characters: Inez‚ who was put in Hell for causing pain to the people who loved her‚ and is punished by loving someone who refuses to love her back‚ this in turn causes her pain; Garcin ‚who was put in Hell partially for being unkind and unfaithful to his wife and partially for being a coward‚ is punished by Estelle’s love and his inability to escape cowardice; and lastly Estelle‚ who was put in Hell for her vanity

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    Schelling‚ and Arthur Schopenhauer dominated 19th-century philosophy. This tradition‚ which emphasized the mental or "ideal" character of all phenomena‚ birthed idealistic and subjectivist schools ranging from British idealism to phenomenalism to existentialism. The historical influence of this branch of idealism remains central even to the schools that rejected its metaphysical The 20th century British scientist Sir

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    Jean-Paul Sartre’s thought of existentialism is that everyone is completely free to make there own decisions and completely responsibilities for the actions that come from those free choices. In his play No Exit the character Garcin is in “bad faith” according to Sartre for three things he does. Garcin’s first example of displaying bad faith comes with what he does to his wife. He’s not condemned for treating her badly or being and adulterer‚ but instead his bad faith comes not from his actions

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    To what extent does ‘Waiting for Godot’ challenge the conventions of its genre? ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Beckett largely ignores the standard conventions of theatre. To challenge these conventions Beckett utilises a circular plot‚ provides only obscure hints to where and when the play is set‚ breaks the fourth wall all too regularly and explores themes that were previously obscured from mainstream theatre. A key difference between Beckett’s text and others of its genre is its use of a circular

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    for their respective audiences and each shared a valued opinion on the theories of existentialism which can be established in the plays Waiting for Godot and No Exit. Beckett introduces the audience into a world of questioning and surrealist virtues and encourages the spectator to actually discuss the play and find the answer within. Sartre‚ however‚ presents his play as a placard for the virtues of existentialism and attempts to prove that “hell is other people”. When being asked about the sources

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    know when their mother died and why do they not care? Albert Camus was an existentialist and wrote in such a way. Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the ideas of existence and not believing in a God‚ the freedom of choice and responsibility for those choices‚ and the feeling of nothing matters in the world. In The Stranger‚ Camus gives the philosophical ideas of existentialism shown symbolically through Meursault’s view of the world‚ feelings‚ and beliefs. When Meursault’s

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    lecture based on the Existentialist’s view‚ “The modern conception of man is characterized‚ more than anything else‚ by individualism. Existentialism can be seen as a rigorous attempt to work out of the implications of this individualism” (Taylor 52). The Existentialist conceptions of freedom and value arise from their view of the individual. Sartre’s existentialism explains “existence is self-making-in-a-situation” (Fackenheim 130) which outlines that one’s identity is not shaped by culture or by

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    In the investigation of existentialism and its relevant philosophical ideas‚ I got impressed by those constructed men‚ resembling anti-heroes quite different from the traditional heroes‚ in those texts‚ Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre‚ The Stanger and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus‚ The Ga Science by Friedrich Nietzsche‚ Dirge Without Music by Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ and The laws of God‚ the laws of man by A.E. Housman‚ which portray man as bereft of the traditional guideposts

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    third force of counseling arose as an answer to the limitations of the Freudian and behaviorist approaches • Positive aspects of a humanistic approach were missing from Freudian and behavioral theories • Humanism was the initial paradigm • Existentialism built on the respect for the individual and added the dimensions of ontology‚ experiential awareness‚ and responsibility • Has roots in contemporary religious thought • Evolved to an approach helping people cope with the uncertainty and complex

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