Existentialism and Existence Precedes Essence
Accounting Theory
What is Existentialism?
Born in 1905, and the writer of many plays, novels and literature , Jean Paul Sartre became a famous philosophical writer on existentialism post world war 2. (wikipedia) He mainly dealt with three areas of study and they were existentialism, Marxism and Anarchism.(Basic Writings)
This paper is an attempt to describe Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialist view. It discusses Sartre’s development of existentialism and the idea that destiny depends solely upon the individual choices.(Existentialism –Jean Paul Sartre)The other related concepts also discussed in this paper are of being –in-itself, being-for-itself, being-for-others and bad faith. The second part of the paper identifies how existentialist ethics are useful in an individual’s life and in an accounting profession.
To begin with, the ideology of existentialist thinkers focuses on individuality, subjectivity, freedom and choice.(What is Existentialism-Trends and Ideas) However overtime, philosophers have varied their understanding about an individual’s purpose in life , and the obstacles and consequences that entails them to achieve their objective. (Wikipedia)
As such there are two kinds of existentialists. There are the Christians namely, Jasper Gabriel Marcel, professed Catholics and Heidegger and the French existentialist like Sartre. Many writers claims that the word existentialism cannot be defined rather it is a shared thought. It was Jean Paul Sartre who first coined the definition of the concept existentialism in his essay “Existentialism is Humanism”.(Sartre for beginners) To Sartre existentialism is a doctrine that renders human life possible, a doctrine that affirms the truth and based on human subjectivitiy (Existentialism is in Humanism)
The main ideology of Sartre’s existentialist thoughts are that existence precedes essence. However this could be better understood if we reverse the situation essence precedes existence. (Existentialism is in
What is Existentialism?
Born in 1905, and the writer of many plays, novels and literature , Jean Paul Sartre became a famous philosophical writer on existentialism post world war 2. (wikipedia) He mainly dealt with three areas of study and they were existentialism, Marxism and Anarchism.(Basic Writings)
This paper is an attempt to describe Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialist view. It discusses Sartre’s development of existentialism and the idea that destiny depends solely upon the individual choices.(Existentialism –Jean Paul Sartre)The other related concepts also discussed in this paper are of being –in-itself, being-for-itself, being-for-others and bad faith. The second part of the paper identifies how existentialist ethics are useful in an individual’s life and in an accounting profession.
To begin with, the ideology of existentialist thinkers focuses on individuality, subjectivity, freedom and choice.(What is Existentialism-Trends and Ideas) However overtime, philosophers have varied their understanding about an individual’s purpose in life , and the obstacles and consequences that entails them to achieve their objective. (Wikipedia)
As such there are two kinds of existentialists. There are the Christians namely, Jasper Gabriel Marcel, professed Catholics and Heidegger and the French existentialist like Sartre. Many writers claims that the word existentialism cannot be defined rather it is a shared thought. It was Jean Paul Sartre who first coined the definition of the concept existentialism in his essay “Existentialism is Humanism”.(Sartre for beginners) To Sartre existentialism is a doctrine that renders human life possible, a doctrine that affirms the truth and based on human subjectivitiy (Existentialism is in Humanism)
The main ideology of Sartre’s existentialist thoughts are that existence precedes essence. However this could be better understood if we reverse the situation essence precedes existence. (Existentialism is in