tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post6755116585470770956..comments2023-10-15T03:59:53.104-07:00Comments on Empires and Mangers: Absurd Heroism: Camus and the real Walking DeadAnthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17422741111661150588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post-43864797250954345482015-08-24T03:25:33.540-07:002015-08-24T03:25:33.540-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280245963507916628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post-8348161757961127382015-03-02T08:57:13.096-08:002015-03-02T08:57:13.096-08:00One would only "actively subvert order and re...One would only "actively subvert order and responsibility." if that was what "being yourself" dictated. Rick is decidedly heroic and feels a great deal of responsibility.M1ssanthr0pyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030002872344020942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post-39692278487492746732015-03-02T08:57:00.344-08:002015-03-02T08:57:00.344-08:00One would only "actively subvert order and re...One would only "actively subvert order and responsibility." if that was what "being yourself" dictated. Rick is decidedly heroic and feels a great deal of responsibility.M1ssanthr0pyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030002872344020942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post-84562956749038277952012-10-15T13:35:43.612-07:002012-10-15T13:35:43.612-07:00Steve, the quotes I gave in the article are not my...Steve, the quotes I gave in the article are not my perspective. The quotes reflect the opinions of the fans of Camus. That's why I completely agree with your last sentence. <br />That's also why I disagree with the writers of the previous essays - and with Camus. Of course we believe -and hopefully experience - that meaning, hope, morality and truth are part of our existence. However.... if all of these things are extrinsically, arbitrarily attached to something rather than intrinsically, purposefully present, that's not the same things, right? That's two very different ways of viewing life. <br />Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422741111661150588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325145031187510736.post-33548979309121926722012-10-15T03:35:41.573-07:002012-10-15T03:35:41.573-07:00Which is worse, I wonder – a world in which humans...<i>Which is worse, I wonder – a world in which humans are wiped out, or one in which humans have always roamed an earth devoid of meaning, hope, morality and truth?</i><br /><br />An existentialist would agree with the literal interpretation of your second option - that <i>the earth itself</i> is devoid of meaning, hope, morality, and truth - but I think they would also say that you're rather missing the point of existentialism with that question. That point is this: the only meaning, hope, morality, and truth which we will find in the world is that which we ourselves create. If there were no persons who found experiences meaningful, who hoped for better things, who judged actions to be right or wrong, and who made claims which could be true or false, the words "meaning", "hope", "morality", and "truth" would have no referent. They would be pointers to things which did not, in fact, exist.<br /><br />In a world of zombies, it might very well be the case that there is no meaning, hope, morality, or truth. But in the real world there are billions of us who assign meaning, have hope, uphold a morality, and search for truth. You'd need to ignore a lot of things to think that we're all zombies.Steve Rublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354805604015803912noreply@blogger.com