European humanistic

An individual is referred to be existential by the European humanistic. This signifies that an individual human being has no essence or value; their only purpose in life is to exist (DeRobertis, 2015). As a result, it is up to each individual to take a stand on self-worth and the reality of living in the world. To attain these, an individual needs then participate in real-world components such as battling and suffering, which will help them gradually identify themselves (Porter, 1961). How a person processes this information determines how they interact with others. Fighting for a particular position in the world will make someone both friends and enemies. A person has then to have the skills to know how to connect with these different type of people at any given time.

Rollo May

Rollo May, who was a distinguished existential therapist and psychologist. His perspective on an individual and their connection to others is similar to that of the European perspective in that it focuses on the human experiences rather that the human being himself. He concluded in this way since he felt that for humans to search their selves, they must be through some anxious moment in their life which will act as a trigger (Maslow, 1968). He argues out that the good and the evil in the human being is seen since individuals are an organized set of potentialities. For this reason, human beings existence is dependent on their choices, responsibilities, and role of freedom. Rollo May also proposed that when we stand against what we feel is not right, is when we experience the authentic self-being. May concludes by arriving at a statement which says that the good or evil in our culture is the direct reflection of the same good or evil ourselves.

References

DeRobertis, E. M. (2015, December 1). Philosophical-Anthropological Considerations for an Existential-Humanistic Ecopsychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 43(4), 323-337.

Maslow, A. H. (1968). Toward a psychology of being. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Porter, L. (1961). A study of perceived need satisfactions in bottom and middle management jobs. . Journal of Applied Psychology, 1-10.