Proving that Existence Itself is Ethics

Soyo Essay on the Ethics of Existence

Seeing the Light

Philosophy that changes lives, beyond mere emotion

Philosophy is not mere rhetoric that elicits tears. True philosophy is not a fleeting emotion, but an event where human beings realize their own value and through that realization alter the trajectory of their lives. Awe is merely the beginning. Awe without questioning is ignorance.

Humans possess the privilege of free will, yet this freedom always brings conflict. Freedom is a blessing but also a burden. Bearing this burden painfully awakens humans to the realization that they are not mere creatures but created beings. This realization is the first step of life-changing philosophy and the heart of existential ethics.

Free Will and Existential Suffering

Free will is humanity's most noble gift and simultaneously its heaviest burden; humans constantly waver between good and evil, love and selfishness, hope and despair. This wavering is never a sign of weakness. Rather, it is the very mark revealing humanity as a created being.

Just as Heidegger called humans 'being toward death'" and Kierkegaard said "despair is the sign of the solitary individual before God," the ethics of wandering existence sees free will as the trace of the Creator. This trace awakens humans to ethical existence amidst suffering.

Thought that unites with the created being

The moment one becomes conscious of being a created being, the fragments of philosophy converge. One comes to understand that a worldview is not a product of chance, but rather a reflection of divine will, and that humanity is transformed from a consumable object into a dignified masterpiece. Teleology shifts from a technique of survival to a journey toward eternity, and ethics transforms from a collection of norms into a testimony that bears the suffering of others.

This awareness, linking existence to creation, binds all philosophical inquiry into a single light. That light illuminates the inseparability of humanity and God.

Humanity and God: An Indissoluble Relationship

The declaration “existence itself is ethics” is a confession of the relationship between humanity and God. Just as humanity cannot be severed from the world, it also cannot be severed from God. Ethics is not merely the art of living well or moral discipline. It is an event revealing that human existence is bound within God's conscience. The moment a human recognizes themselves as human, God's presence already dwells within that recognition.

The Invitation of Suffering

Life is filled with suffering. Yet the existential ethics of turmoil clearly states:

“There is no suffering or sorrow without reason.”

Pain is not mere misfortune, but an invitation calling us to question God. Humans may despair or flee before suffering. Yet the questioner gains philosophy through pain. Philosophy is not conceptual argumentation, but the act of living and questioning. That very question is the starting point of existential ethics.

The value of human existence is a divine masterpiece

Human beings cannot be evaluated by social status, knowledge, or the extent of power. For human existence itself is already a divine masterpiece.

All life possesses immortal value in and of itself, and not a single person can be excluded from this declaration. Ethics is the path to revealing humanity's inherent beauty. That path may be painful and lonely, but it is the truest path.

Awe without questioning is ignorance

Humans gaze at the sky in wonder. They marvel at the starlit universe and the order of nature. Yet they rarely ask, where did all this come from? Who created it? Why does it exist? And for whom was it created?”

Without posing these questions, humans remain trapped in ignorance. Philosophy that ends in mere awe is incomplete. Wonder without questioning is mere consumption, an extension of ignorance, a path that turns away from existence. But the moment one asks, humanity encounters God in the abyss of being.

The Flame of Existential Ethics

Soyo existential ethics does not separate existence from ethics. Even amidst suffering, humanity walks a journey toward eternity. That journey is fulfilled within the immortal art of God's love.

The task of philosophy is not analysis, but living testimony. Philosophy is born in suffering, grows in silence, and must live as a flame bearing witness to the eternity of existence.

Soyo Existential Ethics declares the very resurrection of this philosophy.

Soyo Proposition:

“We gaze upon the heavens, behold the universe, observe this earth, and witness the principles of nature, living in wonder and delight. Yet we never once ask: Where does all this come from? Who created it? Why? For whom? This is human ignorance.”

Soyo – The Witness to the Confession of Existence and the Philosophy of Truth

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