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Though it may not be the most cheerful outlook on life, existentialism seems to me to be the most logical. First, there is the fact that all existentialists do not have exactly the same definition of their belief. This makes the philosophy flexible and appealing to many different types of people. Second, it is not a totally negative idea. Existentialists believe that is all life is insignificant and meaningless, than any life choice is equally valid. This is a very empowering idea because it says that you make your own life, and no other person or group of people can judge the way you lived. The arguement against existentialism is that all life has a purpose, and that we are working to become a perfect species. However, there are many events that have occurred in human history that are possibly too horrible to dismiss as part of the learning curve towards perfection. A clear example of this is the Holocaust. Despite this event that many consider the greatest tragedy in human history, society has proven that it has not learned from its mistakes. Genocides took place more recently in Bosnia and Darfur, and the world was unable to come together in time to prevent disaster.