Tim Wohlforth wrote:
However, the existentialist puts huge weight on free choice,
the ability of the individual to create his or her own
morality and world. A case could be made that the noir
outlook, which Michael Robison sees as
"pessimistic determinism" is definitely not existentialist.
The existentialist accepts no form of determinism pessimistic
or not.
**************** The existentialist does place a lot of value
on free choice, but doesn't deny that society limits a
person's choices. Because society limits a person's choices,
it also limits what they can be, creating the classic
antagonistic relationship between a character and society
that runs through almost all existential literature. So I
would say that pessimistic determinism is the existential
result of a repressive society.
Take the above with a grain of salt. I know damn little about
literature, and even less about philosophy.
miker
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