Description
Existentialism is a modern movement in philosophy that puts great emphasis on individual free choice and the voluntary acceptance or creation of one's values. The key ideas of existentialism is the desire of "making something of yourself", which represents a journey involving freedom, responsibility, anxiety, depair, risk, death, choice, authenticity, and the joy of embarcing life.
This course examines writings of the 19th century philosophers: Kierkegaard, Nietzche, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, whose texts inspired the mid-20th century philosophical cultural movement of existentialism (Sarte, Camus) as well as some contemporary philosophers in Western and non-Western tradition. The course ends with Christian critique and enhancement of existentialism.
Prerequisite: Philosophy of the Person I or II