Existentialist Ethics-jean Paul Sartre
Jean Paul Sartre was a great existentialist and one of the most well-known philosophers of the twentieth century. He is widely regarded as the founder of Existentialist thought. Existentialism is a philosophical and cultural movement that holds that philosophical thinking must begin with the individual and his or her experiences.
• Traditional systematic or academic philosophies, according to existentialists, are too abstract and disconnected from concrete human experience.
• The central tenet of existentialism is that "existence precedes essence," which means that the most important consideration for an individual is that he or she is an individual— an autonomously acting and responsible conscious being ('existence'), rather than what labels, roles, stereotypes, definitions, or other preconceived categories the individual fits ("essence").
• Instead of an arbitrarily "attributed essence" used by others to define him or her, the individual's actual life is what constitutes what could be called his or her "true essence." Thus, human beings create their own values and give meaning to their lives through their own "consciousness."
• The 'ethics of authenticity' is central to existentialist thought. It emphasises the absolute character of every man's free commitment to the realisation of a type of humanity. The three pillars on which the ethic of authenticity is built, according to Sartre, are "Freedom," "Choice," and "Self-Commitment."
• It is frequently interpreted to mean that one must “create oneself” before living in accordance with that self. Authenticity means acting as oneself, not as "one" acts or as "one's genes" or any other essence requires. The genuine act is one that is performed in accordance with one's personal freedom.