Søren Kierkegaard, the first writer to
call himself existential, asserted that the highest good for the individual is
to find his or her own unique vocation. He wrote in his journal, "I must find a
truth that is true for me...the idea for which I can live or die." One chooses
one's own way without the aid of universal, objective standards. Existential
morality is against the traditional view that moral choice involves an objective
judgment of right or wrong. No objective, rational basis can be found for moral
decisions. Friedrich Nietzsche further contended that the individual decides or
must decide which situations are to be classified as moral.