Existentialism

Existentialism is a humanism defends Existentialism as

Optimistic

Human nature

is characterized by the freedom of choice and the search for meaning in an indifferent universe

Human existence

Proceeds essence

Human purpose

What they do and make of it

Subjectivity

Humans define themselves

Human Definition of Good

Man is responsible for oneself and all men

Anguish

Pain of realizing man has moral responsibility for his own actions and all of humanity

The individual becomes a _ for humankind

Legislator

Man confronts this anguish by asking

What if everyone acted this way?

Abandonment

God does not exist and we must bear full consequences of no moral code

If god does not exist then

Everything is permissible

We are condemned to be

Free

Passion

A moral dilemma as there is no way to measure feelings

The only way to prove moral reasoning

Action

Despair

To act without hope or solidarity as man cannot rely on measures of morality

Existentialisms Reality

Blames people for their own shortcomings as they are what they make themselves

Intersubjectivity

Entering a state in which one’s existence is only confirmed by the presence of others

Subjectivity

I think therefore I am

Universal Human Condition

The shared experiences and struggles inherent to all humans, emphasizing themes such as mortality, freedom, and isolation.

What is existentialism labeled?

Pessimistic, bourgeois, anti solidarity, quietist

Dignity

We are what we’ve accomplished and not what was made

Bad Faith

No one willfully chooses bad but instead choose out of ignorance and lying to oneself

Masking Anguish

It’s comfortable to ignorant and lack responsibility and consciousness

Priori Good

A good created by god that does not exist

Being and Nothingness

A study in the consciousness of being relating to perceptual consciousness

Kant’s Noumenon concept

An idealistic concept of no direct perception in the world that Sartre rejects

Phenomena

Perceptions of things

Noumena

Things themselves

Sartre argues that appearance is

The only reality

En-soi

Being in itself that lacks awareness and the ability to change

pour-soi

For itself that is conscious of its consciousness and therefore incomplete

For Sartre, man is

Undefined and non determined

Man is never an essence but a

Series of choices

The for-itself knows that

It’s not a being in itself

Absolute beauty

The unattainable union of being and consciousness

Interaction Objectification

We perceive ourselves as being perceived to gain self awareness

Agency Action and Creation

The for itself wants to consume the the in itself to escape nothingness

Hopelessness

I am nothingness

Man is a meaningless mass of matter devoid of

Meaning, consciousness and knowledge

Consciousness brings

Nothingness, negation, difference to complete being

Intentionality

Always conscious of something

Nihilation of being

Consciousness is a burden and the for itself needs the in itself to exist

Transcendent lying

Lying to oneself regardless of self awareness

The unconscious

Repression outside of human consciousness that Sartre disagrees with

Talking therapy

Free association to bring the repressed to consciousness

Facticity

The facts of you

Transcendence

The possibilities and freedom

Intrusion

You are witnessed and therefore your freedom is compromised and threatened

You are your own

Center of existence

You cannot be an object to an other so you are

An absence

Shame

Self consciousness and remorse, objectified and judged

What is the setting of no exit?

A drawing room with no windows or mirrors, couches and one door you cannot leave through

What can you not do in “hell”?

Blink or sleep

What is the conflict between Inez Garcin and Estelle?

Three is a crowd and silence doesn’t work. They are each others torturers!

In no exit, hell is

being awake and living forever

Who is Garcin?

A pacifistic journalist from Rio who is upper middle class

Who is Inez?

A working class postal worker lesbian girlboss

Who is Estelle?

An aloof woman who was born poor but married a rich old man

What assumptions do both Inez and Garcin make upon first coming to Hell?

They assume that the first person they see is the torturer

How did Garcin die?

Bullets to the chest

How did Inez die?

Gas stove

How did Estelle die?

Pneumonia

What was Garcin’s sin?

He was a deserter and a coward who abused and constantly cheated on his wife with no remorse

What was Estelle’s sin?

She’s a martyr with no responsibility who killed her baby and let her lover kill himself

What was Inez’ sin?

She had an affair with her cousin’s wife causing him to commit suicide, then blamed the wife equally for his death until she kills them both

Who is the most “Sartre” character?

Inez as her presence is inextinguishable

Who is the most self aware?

Inez as she reads them and calls out their crimes

Who claims they are there out of mistake?

Estelle and Garcin somewhat

What is the dynamic gaze in hell?

There is no self perception, only that of your torturers