DSST Intro to World Religions Exam Prep

Answer - A - Existentialists believe that each individual must make his or her own ethical existence without necessarily having hope of an afterlife or guidance of an organized religion.

Key Takeaway: Existentialism was made famous after World War II by a number of authors and philosophers, such as Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre. A very popular intellectual trend, existentialism denied that there are any objective religious or moral truths to guide humanity. Instead, people must come to their own moral understanding of what is right and then choose to do right for its own sake, rather than relying upon promises and forgiveness.