Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. Such is the first principle of existentialism. It is also what is called subjectivity. The Kantian ethics says, "Never treat any person as means, but as an end.". The only way to determine the value of this affection is, precisely, to perfomr an act which confirms and defines it.
"Man's destiny is within himself".
"I think; therefore I exist".
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained.".
Man makes himself. In choosing his ethics, he makes himself, and force of circumstances is such that he cannot abstain from choosing one. Freedom as the definition of man does not depend on others, but as soon as there is involvement, I am obliged to want others to have freedom at the same time that I want my own freedom. There are no accidents in a life; a community event which suddenly burst forth and involves me in it does not come from outside.
"In war there are no innocent victims"
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