In: Psychology
Sartre tells us that, for human beings, existence precedes essence. What does this mean, and why does it imply that when we make a choice we choose “for all humanity”?
Sartre tells us that, for human beings, existence precedes essence because he believes in existentialism. Existentialism is based on :
People have complete free will and can make choices about their daily actions in order to make those actions meaningful and ordered despite the lack of meaning and order in the universe. For an existentialist, this is authentic living.