Lesson 10 Flashcards
Is A PHILOSOPHY THAT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN EXISTENCE AND THE SIGNI FICANCE OF HUMAN EXPERI ENCE
EXISTENTIALISM
Believe that life gains meaning from a relationship with the divine.
SUPERNATURALIST VIEW
One can achieve meaning in life even without the spiritual realm
NATURALIST VIEW
Views the individual as the one who defines his or her own life’s meaning based on his or her goals, desires, and choices.
SUBJECTIVISM
Believes that there are no subjective bases for life’s meaning
OBJECTIVISM
considers it irrelevant to discuss about life’s meaning
NIHILISTIC VIEW
FOCUSES ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND ITS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVINE
ST . AUGUSTINE
A human person is made incomplete and made by God,
thus, he or she continually seeks happiness and satisfaction.
ST . AUGUSTINE/ SUPERNATURALIST VIEE
DEFINES EXISTENCE AS
THE PERSON’ S JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF ACTUALIZATION
SØREN KIERKEGAARD
By accomplishing selfactualization, you are able to find meaning and purpose in your
life, and you are able to say you truly ‘lived.
SØREN KIERKEGAARD
actions of a person is
governed by his or her senses,
impulses, and emotions
AESTHETIC STAGE
development of moral universal standards
ETHICAL STAGE
person devotes
himself or herself to a higher
purpose in life
RELIGIOUS STAGE
according to
Kierkegaard involves circularity
insofar as the leap is made by faith. In his book Concluding Unscientific Postscript, he describes the core part of the leap of faith: the leap.
“Thinking can turn toward itself in order to think about itself and skepticism can emerge.
Leap of Faith
BELIEVES THAT MAN HAS A WILL TO MEANING
VICTOR FRANKL