Nihilism, well, the very label has faded. Religion should encourage responsibility. Each makes it easy to avoid responsibility. As a mid-20th century figure, Camus inherited the responsibility question as part of a wider framework: religion or nihilism, choose one. Avoiding responsibility is a major human sport, matched by the ability to concoct rationalizations. His answer: make an effort, help the healing.Įasier said than done. Profit from the crisis: that’s charting a path. Pretend there is no problem: that’s taking a stand. In a plague there is no avoiding the issue.
If, as the saying goes, crisis reveals character, why not pick up a book whose central question is “What should I do?” Across the pandemic-tinged globe one book is flying off shelves: The Plague (1947), a novel by Albert Camus about a deadly epidemic in the Algerian town of Oran. SUBSCRIBE NOW Articles Camus, The Plague and Us Ray Boisvert on Albert Camus, Thomas Merton and a call to be a healer in a crisis.
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