illusions and non-existent. Nietzsche thinks that humans are irresponsible because they lack the knowledge in thinking they are free‚ when in reality they are not. Due to this belief‚ Nietzsche also concludes that there is no meaning to life. Once you live life‚ everything is over‚ you die and that is the end. However‚ Nietzsche is wrong on his view of freedom of
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possible consequences of an action. If a madman was hunting a young man and asked where the man was hiding in your shop and you lied to protect the man’s life‚ thinking that this would be the best and loving thing to have done in this situation‚ however if that young man was a terrorist who later killed thousands and you thereby helped to save his life this would be unjustifiable and unloving‚ showing that one person’s subjective view of what the most loving thing is and a blindness to all possible consequences
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“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” are two works of literature written by the same man with both similar and contrasting views on life the choice made. In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker is faced with two equally appealing and traveled upon roads. He wishes to go down both but life doesn’t work that way so he must choose one. In the end he says that his choice was life altering. In “Stopping Through the Woods on a Snowy Evening” a possibly older gentleman is traveling through the woods on the darkest
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“Existence comes before essence”‚ the meaning is quiet clear and self explanatory. We exist first and then we are defined. Although‚ truly understanding this theory and believing in it‚ takes a person to look deeper and into many different areas of life‚ to have a clear and knowledgeable view-to enable you to create your own decision. I had to go to many lengths to fully understand and agree with Sartre’s doctrine. This theory represents Atheistic existentialism. “There is no human nature because
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The Choice that I have to Live With Is this the right road to take? Each road we take is a personal decision‚ a decision we will have to live with for the rest of our lives. There are many choices in life that have to be made on a personal basis‚ there is only one person that can make those choices‚ and that person is the one who has to look at themselves in the mirror daily. “If you don’t make each decision carefully‚ you never know where you’ll end up. That’s an important lesson we should learn
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The road to self-actualization is one filled with forks. One must constantly make decisions that affect character and one’s ultimate destination in life. Some travel this road very consciously‚ making informed and well thought out decisions that they hope will lead them in the right direction. Others live haphazardly‚ not taking into account the possible consequences of poor decisions. Often times one of the most major forks is a decision between moral obligation and private passion. Pressing matters
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has a purpose and is part of a bigger plan‚ according to Thomas Aquinas. The theistic response has meaning to life‚ because it supports the claim that humans are part of a bigger plan created by God. Everything that was created is part of a greater purpose in God’s divine plan. According to the theistic response human life is not meaningless‚ many people who search for a meaning to life is satisfied with this response. The theistic response is not just subjected to Christianity‚ many other
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everyday thing. “ The Road Not Taken‚” is about a person and how the choice they have made has affected their life. Choices affect you and all your other decisions that you may face later on in life. This made me feel like everything has a purpose. You set your own choices and you decide where the path will take you. I chose “The Road Not Taken‚” because it is truly based on human life. Every human has come to a place where they have more than one choice and they don’t know what
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ethical society is improving the other life factors as political and businesses. Ethics is all about the action that you think is right and proper to do per the society values. . The society is the untie that groups of people live in‚ so if from the beginning we start with the society to be aware of ethics‚ the other factors in life will be easy to manage. A lot of people don’t recognize the significant of ethics and how it influences their daily life decision as it will make the society respect
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offers us a wide variety of roles to play‚ and we are rewarded if we play them as well as possible. We fail to realize that being teenagers‚ parents‚ workers‚ doctors‚ and etc. are just roles and assume that we are simply participating in a genuine life. No matter how much effort a person puts into his or her own image‚ in the end it’s all a fraud‚ psychologically speaking‚ because so much of our lives is unconscious. From all the things that appeal to us in the world‚ we create images of how we want
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