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Single Idea 20762
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Full Idea
There are no values or commands to turn to which legitimize our conduct. …We are alone with no excuses.
Gist of Idea
There are no values to justify us, and no excuses
Source
Jean-Paul Sartre (Existentialism and Humanism [1945], p.296), quoted by Kevin Aho - Existentialism: an introduction 6 'Bad'
Book Ref
Aho,Kevin: 'Existentialism: an introduction' [Polity 2014], p.103
A Reaction
If there are no values or duties, why might you ever need excuses?
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from 'Existentialism and Humanism'
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'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence
[Sartre, by Le Poidevin]
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3842
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Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective)
[Sartre]
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3844
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Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself
[Sartre]
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3843
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There is no human nature
[Sartre]
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20764
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In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be
[Sartre]
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20762
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There are no values to justify us, and no excuses
[Sartre]
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20754
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It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse
[Sartre]
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20763
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When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else
[Sartre]
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3845
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Without God there is no intelligibility or value
[Sartre]
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3846
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Man IS freedom
[Sartre]
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22229
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Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves
[Sartre]
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6571
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When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help
[Sartre, by Fogelin]
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3847
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Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions
[Sartre]
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3848
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Cowards are responsible for their cowardice
[Sartre]
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3851
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If I do not choose, that is still a choice
[Sartre]
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3852
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If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values
[Sartre]
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