Sunday, November 15, 2015
Sartre
This week we talked about Jean-Paul Sartre, and existentialism. I found it strange when we talked about how desperate some freedom's are to be acknowledged as what they are. I particularly found it confusing and interesting when we discussed the master-slave dialectic. The fact that the struggle to be recognized as a freedom even to the point of sacrificing yourself is where it got confusing for me. I understood how if one person discovers this fact then they instantly become the slave as he is recognizing the other person's freedom without the other person recognizing his. I mainly got confused with why the person would consider killing himself to prove a point that in the end still isn't proven. I feel like the person who dies technically would have the be seen as a freedom by the living since the living person now knows that the dead man had the free to kill himself. It was an interesting concept but confusing at the same time.
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I agree with Eric's assessment of Jean-Paul Sartre's position and how Eric approached existentialism. People have always struggle when trying to be looked at as equal. Many times people are not treated as equal because they are not respected. I think respect is really the main thing need to truly be free. They must either learn respect in or have it for you if you want to be truly free. I also agree with you on the point that if a person dies. I believe they are free from societies burdens. I agree with you in the sense that I wish Jean- Paul Sartre's philosophy was more clearly and explicitly stated.
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