Existentialism
Definition
Existentialism is a tradition about freedom, responsibility and making your own meaning in a world with no given purpose. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre and de Beauvoir are tied to it.
On this site
The Exist. column. It favours Genuinely free will and real stakes, and treats engineered bliss as bad faith.
Role in the model
The Exist. column favours real freedom and real stakes, and treats engineered bliss as bad faith. It’s the one school whose approval goes up as the scenario gets less comfortable.
Related
14 short pages, one per thinker, each with its matching dial. See also the reading list.