Is Humanism Estistentialism?
No; Existentialism as associated with Jan Paul Sartre is atheistic, but states that humans being uncreated by or governed by gods or other divine determining agents, are cursed with having to make their own decisions and choices. Existentialism makes freedom to choose a daunting and nauseous human condition, so existentialists tend to be angst embittered and pessimistic. Humanists believe that choice and freedom is healthy and a cause for optimism. Sartre, in Existentialism & Humanism, his famous essay, argues that Humanism is a bad faith philosophy, in that it makes humans believe they are humans in ‘essence’ and convinced that their ‘human essence’ governs their choices, when they could easily choose another direction. To existentialists Humans are sentient beings ‘in themselves’ merely existing, and choosing what to do with that existence before becoming dead and non-existent. Humanists may or may not feel ‘essentially human’ but recognizing as we do that there is no God for us to b
