Blog number three

I find the principles of Sartre’s existentialism quite compelling because he speaks in a very brutally honest way, saying we must act without hope because there is no final truth. I personally have no idea what happens when we die and don’t believe in looking for an answer because I truly won’t know until I do die. So I suppose my ideals go against his because he makes it sound like there’s not really any point because we’re all going to just die in the end. I think we should live as best we can until death.

In blog 2 I identified that I have a principle that we should treat others how we also wish to be treated. I suppose it fits with Sartre when he says that every individual is responsible for all humanity because I feel that by me being nice to people even if they are cruel to me it sets a good example for others, which in part shows I’m being considerate for everybody else.

I wouldn’t say it conflicts with my principles because I actually agree with a lot of his writings, for example that man is responsible for his own passions and that every act contributes to what it means to be human.

I definitely think I could live according to both because it is a very “live in the moment” kind of philosophy and it’s not extreme. I would do so by practicing how to take full responsibility for all of my actions, by not arguing when something is blatantly my fault. Also by taking advantage of everything it means to be human like our ability to think beyond and create, I could do this through my art work.


This week I commented on  http://dallaslrsmith.blogspot.com/ and  http://lukedemuro.blogspot.com/