Lesson 10 Flashcards
(27 cards)
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
achievement of something worthwhile
CREATIVE VALUES
interaction with the world and experience
of positive aspects of life
EXPERIENTIAL VALUES
adoption of positive
attitude and outlook towards negative experiences
ATTITUDINAL VALUES
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON THE MEANING OF LIFE
ALBERT CAMUS
A person can find meaning and purpose in an otherwise meaningless and absurd existence
ALBERT CAMUS
IS THE VIEW THAT A PERSON TRIES TO MAKE SENSE OF HIS OR HER LIFE AND FIND MEANING IN IT , THEN REALIZING THAT SUCH MEANING CANNOT BE FOUND
ABSURDISM
PHILOSOPHY MADE OUT OF HIS EXPERIENCE
Once people regained the will to live, they would be able to work
to fulfill their life goals and attain a better future
VICTOR FRANKL
Once people regained the will to live, they would be able to work
to fulfill their life goals and attain a better future
VICTOR FRANKL
A METHOD OF PSYCHOTHERAPHY DEVELOPED BY VICTOR FRANKL , THAT HELPS IN REDISCOVERING LIFE’S MEANING
LOGOTHERAPY
