yond our control such as heredity and environment. From this point of view there can be no real moral responsibility for our actions if our actions were determined b

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ime of two wars. This view shared that a person was not ruled by heredity or environment but was always free at any time to make his own choices. Due to the denial of God, this theory held that there were no existing moral laws, thus, individuals were free to determine their own human nature through choices for which they stand accountable (existentialism, in general, emphasizes what makes each life a unique personal experience as opposed to any existing moral laws). "Authentic" living involves free choices that allows the individual to become his own person. The big difference between existentialism and the previously discussed views is the emphasis on the freedom of the person to do and be anything with no limits and all choices are free. Any attempt to avoid freedom of choice would be considered "bad-faith", or living in an inauthentic way. Examples of this would be saying that we could not help ourselves or that we are not really responsible for what we did thus placing re!

sponsibility on someone or something else. Existentialism cannot include "groupthink", wh

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