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Jean-Paul Sartre (Ethics (Ready Reference series))
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At the heart of Sartrean ethics is the same basic premise that defines Sartre’s larger existentialist philosophy: that humanity makes itself. There is no created human nature and thus no prescribed grounds for behavior apart from what the individual chooses. This is not to say that ethics was peripheral to Sartre, or simply an afterthought. Even during the formative days of his philosophical career, before World War II, he emphasized the need for “authenticity” in human behavior, which is one of the cardinal tenets of his theory of morality.
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