Justifying Our Existence

An Essay in Applied Phenomenology

By: Graeme Nicholson

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In his magnum opus "Being in Time" (1927), Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) argued that individuals have assumed that their existence is "a given," when in actual fact they simply have the ability to be. "Justifying Our Existence" examines the ways in which human beings attempt to calm their existential concerns by magnifying and proving their existence through phenomena such as self-righteousness, careerism, nationalism, and religion.

Using remarkably accessible and concise writing, Graeme Nicholson provides a close reading of Heidegger's methods to indicate how his work has a practical application for existential concerns. "Justifying Our Existence" shows how phenomenology can be used to foreground existence, while also providing startling insights into human behaviour, the motivation behind many of our social systems, as well as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Metaphysics & Ontology History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy Phenomenology & Existentialism

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 3
Life, Existence, Being	p. 4
Phenomenology	p. 8
How Our Being Concerns Us	p. 12
The Ability to Be	p. 19
Existence	p. 20
Die Sorge: Care, Concern	p. 24
The Phenomenology of Da-Sein: the Self	p. 28
The Phenomenology of Existence: Ecstasis	p. 35
Being as the Ability to Be	p. 39
The 'Letter on Humanism'	p. 44
Excursus: 'Exist' in the Philosophical Tradition	p. 45
Transition: Formalism and Application	p. 47
Magnifying the Self	p. 50
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics	p. 53
The Meaning of Success	p. 54
Failure	p. 61
Achievement	p. 67
Magnifying the Self and Magnifying its Being	p. 73
Justifying the Self	p. 75
Morality	p. 76
The Concept of Justification	p. 78
Inauthenticity	p. 80
The Phenomenology of Inauthenticity	p. 84
Shame and Remorse	p. 92
Conscience and Guilt	p. 95
Ascetic Autonomy	p. 104
Magnifying the Community	p. 111
Existence and Community	p. 112
Magnifying the Polis	p. 116
The Nation: Magnitude through Justification	p. 118
Militant Religion	p. 123
Justifying the Community	p. 125
Caring for the Polis	p. 126
Existence and History	p. 130
Nation and Civilization	p. 133
A Spiritual Existence	p. 141
What Is Spirit?	p. 143
The Existing Spirit	p. 150
The Phenomenology of Spirit: Intensity	p. 154
The Problem of Grounding	p. 156
God and the Self	p. 159
Forgiveness and Justification	p. 163
A Spiritual Community	p. 166
Conclusion	p. 169
Heidegger's Question Concerning the Meaning of Being	p. 169
Summary of the Argument	p. 170
Notes	p. 173
Index	p. 189
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