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Sunday Firesides: Quit Acting in Bad Faith

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Kate McKay
Dec 28, 2024
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Illustration of a man using a long lever to move a stone, with the text "quit acting in bad faith" above, set in a forested area by a wooden bridge.

Existentialist philosophers were very big on the idea of free will.

They believed that while circumstances could limit your choices, there were always choices to be made.

Existentialists also argued that while many people make a show of loving freedom, most experience it as a dizzying burden and seek every opportunity to flee from it. To recognize the pos…

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