Comments on "The Guest" Albert Camus’ The Guest is about a schoolteacher named Daru that lives by himself in a schoolhouse out on a plateau somewhere in France. Daru is given the responsibility of transporting an Arab prisoner to a nearby city to face judgment. Daru was to have none of it. He wanted to lead his simple‚ uninterrupted life and be left out of the war that was evidently looming. Unfortunately for Daru‚ this was not an option for him and the man named Balducci left the prisoner at
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Albert Camus: The Guest 1. Existentialism: Sartre and Camus are the two most important French Existentialists. 2. Do not believe that there is any “essential nature” 3. Believe that our “nature” is constructed by the choices that we make 4. Absurdism: The belief that our desire for meaning is greater than the capacity of the universe to produce meaning. 5. There is no inherent meaning in the world 6. We warp the non-sense of the universe into a meaningful material reality
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Note Submitted for RSCH 5500 Professor Martin W. Sivula February 14‚ 2013 2 STUDENTS’ DECISIONS ON HOTEL SELECTION Abstract The goal of this research is to identify the factors affecting students’ hotel choices‚ to examine the impact of hotel servers when a potential guest selects a hotel‚ and to determine how hotel servers influence a student’s preference. The target populations for this study were Johnson & Wales University students who had stayed in U.S. hotels. A print-out questionnaire
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Sandra Newton Dr.Kay English 102 22 April 2013 The Guest “The Guest” is a short story about a schoolteacher who refuses to take sides in the colonial conflict in Algeria. The short story was written by Albert Camus‚ winning author‚ journalist and philosopher. The short story was first published in 1957. The story takes place in Algeria with two men climbing a rocky slope. Daru is a schoolmaster‚ who also lives in the school house. There is no school when it is a blizzard; all the
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In Albert Camus’ short story "The Guest‚" Camus raises numerous philosophical questions. These are: does man have free will?‚ are an individual’s decisions affected by what society demands‚ expects‚ neither‚ or both?‚ and finally‚ how does moral and social obligation affect decision making? Balducci brings the Arab to Daru’s door‚ informing Daru that "I have an order to deliver the prisoner and I’m doing so‚" (90) thus freeing Balducci of the responsibility over wherever the Arab ultimately ended
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The title of the first article is "Abortion is a Moral Choice" by Henry Morgentaler. This article upholds women’s rights to abortion in the belief that it reduces the number of unwanted children and also reduces the number of adult criminals that suffer from childhood neglect or parental abuse. The title of the second article is "Abortion is Immoral" by John Paul II. This article objects abortion in the belief that it is a crime which kills an innocent human being and also against all Christian
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Camus ’ "The Stranger": Choice and Individual Freedom Are Integral Components of Human Nature Camus ’s The Stranger is a grim profession that choice and individual freedom are integral components of human nature‚ and the commitment and responsibility that accompany these elements are ultimately the deciding factors of the morality of one ’s existence. Meursault is placed in an indifferent world‚ a world that embraces absurdity and persecutes reason; such is the nature of existentialist belief
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Moral Choices in Hamlet Hamlet: Hamlet’s choice to avenge his father is the cause of all the moral choices in Hamlet. In the beginning of the play Hamlet is morally making “the right” choices. Hamlet summarizes the moral choices of the play when he says: "thus bad begins‚ and worse remains behind" (3.4.179). This demonstrates that the actions against him were wrong‚ but‚ to a lesser extent‚ so was his revenge. Hamlet’s struggle to make morally correct choices becomes the cause of his indecisiveness
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of Huckleberry Finn and The Moral Choices That He Makes Along The Way: World renowned author ‚ C.S. Lewis‚ once stated that‚ “There comes a time where we have to make a choice that shows how much we really do care about our self morals.” What he says relates to the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain. This literary work is a story of a young boy who helps his friend escape the world of slavery. As he goes along this journey‚ he makes choices that goes against society’s
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Moral Choices Facing Employees When employees sign a contract with a compamy‚ they are agreeing to perform certain tasks in exchange for a finacial reward. It is possible that employees are obligated to do their jobs only to get paychecks‚ but do they have an obligation to help the company past what they are legally responsible to do? What if their company’s interests conflict with their own? Should an employee speak out on immoral decision made by the company? Theses are just a few of the questions
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