ABSTRACT
In contemporary society there is an increasing variety of procedures by which may gain access to specialized knowledge. The enhanced availability of knowledge in the contemporary world, and in particular the extent to which knowledge is disseminated by electronic media, have had a considerable effect upon the capacity of people to analyse the comments of politicians, scientists, doctors and other specialists. Some of the features of knowledge in the contemporary world, as outlined above, introduce a number of threats to the functioning of society, and contain inherent risks for the individual seeking to identify a meaningful and secure role in contemporary social life. In a contemporary world which sees to some extent the diminution of the strength of some social norms, and value systems existing in a state of evolution, existentialism views the dilemma of humanity as the making of the necessary moral choices.
