Existentialism, from the quiz

[imported_luckyme]

yukoncpa asks-
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Can anyone explain this philosophy in a manner that a fifth grader can understand?

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No. It's a very broad term. It can contain theist beliefs and non-theist approachs for example. Some elements that run through it are free will and accepting responsibility. One of Sartre's spins was the that we live in a relative universe and we create meaning by the choices we make and that there is no excape from making choices. ( it's been years since I read any Sartre). "condemmed to be free" sticks in my mind.

DS has raised sartrian issues with his "acts of ommission/commission questions), the 'not making a choice is a choice' stuff.

Not that I consider the quize accurate, it's too simplistic.

Anybody more up on Sartre may be able to expand.

luckyme