Download or read book Existentialist Thinkers and Ethics written by Christine Daigle and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-10-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twentieth-century existential thinkers, critical of traditional, overly rationalistic approaches to ethics, sought to provide a better account of what it means to be human in the world. They articulated ethical views that respected the individual yet were fundamentally concerned with the Other and the ethical value of an authentic life. Their philosophy has often been dismissed as unsuccessful.