James Barrett on Nostr: npub1q9pa3…aendx isn't the "moral law giver" strategum a somewhat complex (and ...
npub1q9pa3upvsufvxpst9xc60e9cxk7lznhaqq9sevvy6s9wdsymhscq2aendx (npub1q9p…endx) isn't the "moral law giver" strategum a somewhat complex (and dishonest) way of avoiding responsibility?
Albert Camus spent much of his short adult life working with literary representations and philosophical propositions for a godless but still moral individual.
Camus rejected nihilism and propsed that a benevolence or desire for ethical behaviour should stem from the essence of being human. In his book The Fall, Camus suggests an individual morality or ethics that are grounded in responsibility. It is a sort of 'ownership' of one's actions ( and ultimately identity) expressed through honesty.
The counter weight of The Fall is that so much morality according to religious dogma is dishonest, whereby an individual would profess a moral life while still struggle with (and often succumbing to) desires. An honest approach, embodied in The Fall by a series of conversations between two semi strangers in an Amsterdam bar, means we have to both accept ourselves and be prepared to share that identity with those around us.
The human thereby becomes the arbiter of morality. Although it actually resembles what Jesus said: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" in Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12.
Albert Camus spent much of his short adult life working with literary representations and philosophical propositions for a godless but still moral individual.
Camus rejected nihilism and propsed that a benevolence or desire for ethical behaviour should stem from the essence of being human. In his book The Fall, Camus suggests an individual morality or ethics that are grounded in responsibility. It is a sort of 'ownership' of one's actions ( and ultimately identity) expressed through honesty.
The counter weight of The Fall is that so much morality according to religious dogma is dishonest, whereby an individual would profess a moral life while still struggle with (and often succumbing to) desires. An honest approach, embodied in The Fall by a series of conversations between two semi strangers in an Amsterdam bar, means we have to both accept ourselves and be prepared to share that identity with those around us.
The human thereby becomes the arbiter of morality. Although it actually resembles what Jesus said: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" in Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12.