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Existentialist Ethics

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Environmental degradation

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Existentialists may focus on the need for humans to take responsibility for their choices impacting the environment, reflecting the interconnectedness of our existence on earth.

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Existential Risk

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An existential perspective may elevate the need to confront existential risks, encouraging authentic actions to prevent the annihilation of human life and freedom.

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Surveillance Society

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From an existentialist point of view, surveillance could be seen as a form of control limiting individuals' freedom, complicating the ability to live authentically.

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Genetic Modification

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An existentialist might reflect on the ethical implications of genetic modification, debating the authenticity of our being if we can alter our essence at a biological level.

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War and Peace

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Existentialists might deliberate the paradox of fighting wars to ensure peace, confronting the authentic existence of the individual against the collective experience of conflict.

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Capital Punishment

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An existentialist might argue that capital punishment disregards the individual's potential for change and authentic existence.

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Data Privacy

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Existentialists may view breaches of data privacy as an infringement on personal freedom and an authentic construction of one's self in the digital world.

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Democracy and Individual Freedom

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An existentialist might argue that democracy, while promoting freedom, must also ensure that the freedom of individuals is not compromised by the majority.

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Educational Systems

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Existentialists may critique educational systems that standardize learning, arguing for an approach that fosters individual freedom and the pursuit of authentic meaning.

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Body Autonomy

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Existentialists would advocate for body autonomy, seeing it as an essential aspect of one's freedom and authentic existence, including the right to choose regarding one's own body.

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Social Inequality

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An existentialist might emphasize the individual and collective responsibility to confront social inequalities and the structures that perpetuate them.

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Artificial Intelligence

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From an existential perspective, the rise of AI might pose questions about what it means to be human and the authentic experience in an age where machines can mimic human functions.

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Consumerism

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An existentialist perspective may criticize consumerism for creating a society in which individuals are defined by what they own, rather than their authentic choices and actions.

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Euthanasia

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Existentialists could consider the right to euthanasia as an expression of one's autonomy and freedom to choose their manner of dying.

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Animal rights

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From an existential viewpoint, one might challenge the anthropocentrism that disregards the existence of beings different from humans, promoting a more authentic relationship with other living beings.

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