It is that you get to choose your own moral code. Hope this helps!
Phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, and structuralism are often regarded as components of continental philosophy.
It does no such thing ! You may want to read about philosophy to learn what existentialism is.
Walter Arnold Kaufmann has written: 'From Shakespeare to existentialism' -- subject(s): Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Modern 'Religion from Tolstoy to Camus' 'Critique of Religion and Philosophy' 'From Shakespeare to existentialism' -- subject(s): Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Modern, Religion in literature 'Hegel's political philosophy' -- subject(s): Contributions in political science, State, The, The State 'Critique of religion and philosophy' 'Religion from Tolstoy to Camus' -- subject(s): Religious thought 'Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber' 'Man's lot' -- subject(s): Artistic Photography, Human beings, Life, Philosophy, Photography, Artistic 'Tragedy and philosophy' -- subject(s): History and criticism, Tragedy 'Hegel' 'Philosophic classics' -- subject(s): Philosophy, Collections 'Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, edited with an introduction ., prefaces and new translations' 'What is man?' -- subject(s): Artistic Photography, Human beings, Photography, Artistic 'From Shakespeare to Exixtentialism' 'The Ragas of South India' 'Discovering the Mind Advanced Purchase' 'The faith of a heretic' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Lending library, Philosophy and religion 'Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre' -- subject(s): Existentialism, Existentialism in literature 'The faith of a heretic' 'Twenty German poets' -- subject(s): German poetry, Translations into English 'Nietzsche' 'Shakespeare: between Socrates and existentialism' 'Critique of religion and philosophy' -- subject(s): Religion, Philosophy and religion, Philosophy 'Tragedy and Philosophy' 'The owl and the nightingale, from Shakespeare to existentialism' -- subject(s): Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Modern 'Discovering the mind' -- subject(s): German Philosophy, History, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy, German, Self-knowledge, Theory of 'Hegel's political philosophy' 'Tragedy and philosophy' 'Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre' -- subject(s): Existentialism 'Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, edited, with an introd., prefaces, and new translations' -- subject(s): Existentialism 'Nietzsche'
Soren Kierkegaard is often considered the father of existentialism in philosophy. His works explored individual freedom, choice, and the struggle for identity in a world devoid of inherent meaning.
Wesley Barnes has written: 'The philosophy and literature of existentialism' -- subject(s): Existentialism, Examinations, Study guides
Fernando R Molina has written: 'The sources of existentialism as philosophy' -- subject(s): Existentialism, Collections
K. Guru Dutt has written: 'Chitrapur Saraswat retrospect' -- subject(s): Saraswats 'Existentialism and Indian thought' -- subject(s): Comparative Philosophy, Existentialism, Hindu Philosophy
French literature was dominated by the philosophy of existentialism after World War II. Existentialism became a prominent literary and philosophical movement in France during the post-war period, with figures like Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus leading the way.
"I think therefore I am" This idea was proposed bu Descartes.
From what I understand of the two, existentialism is the philosophy that man must create their own meaning of life without outside social influences and absurdism is the philosophy that man cannot find the any meaning in the world because the world is meaningless.
Ethan Kleinberg has written: 'Generation existential' -- subject(s): Existentialism, French Philosophy, Influence, Modern Philosophy
Reinhardt Grossmann has written: 'Ontological reduction' -- subject(s): Categories (Philosophy), Ontology, Number concept 'Phenomenology and existentialism' -- subject(s): Existentialism