reactions to pondering existential questions submit assignment
This is a formal assignment make sure to use APA format as well as material covered in chapter 12 to support your responses.
Think about the two important existential questions (Why am I here? What should I be doing?) Come up with satisfactory answers. Think about these two questions carefully and thoroughly. Once you have thought about it answer the following questions:
- Explain whether you were able to answer the questions and what made this task easy or difficult.
- How did thinking about these questions make you feel?
- How does this activity help you understand existential philosophy and the roots of humanistic theory?
- How might thinking about these questions a lot and failing to arrive at satisfactory answers lead to feelings of angst and living in bad faith?
Online use: Have students think about the existential questions and then respond to the discussion questions in an online forum.
