1. The Myth of Sisyphus

2. Existentialism Central Tenet: Existence precedes essence There is no universal objective conception of humanity that precedes the historic existence we encounter in our experience

3. Subjectivism Objects: essence precedes existence Subjects: existence precedes essence This implies ultimate responsibility for subjects

4. Subjectivism Two Senses 1. The individual is free 2. Subjectivity is human subjectivity and the individual cannot get beyond that

5. Subjectivity = Human Subjectivity In choosing x I am choosing for all of humanity Choice=Value If I choose x, I choose this world to be one in which there is an x, which means I choose an Xworld, given I have the power to make the world an Xworld and given you live in the world, I am choosing for you to live in an Xworld

6. Man is Condemned to be Free Freedom is a kind of burden; a heavy responsibility Abandonment; anguish; acting without hope I am the sum of my actions, my willings, my choices

7. Is Man Condemned to be Alone? Only one certain truth: Cartesian cogito Dignity: This is what distinguishes man from the stone

8. No universal essence that is human nature but something universally human: the human condition

9. Existentialism is a Humanism 1.The belief that Man is the end-in-itself and the supreme value 2.Existential Humanism: the belief in the relation of the transcendence of Man with his subjectivity