Keywords
responsibility
absurdity
existentialism
authenticity
irrationalism
rebellion
true freedom
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Abstract
The article examines and analyzes the concepts of “freedom”, “responsibility” and “absurdity”. The main attention is paid to their existential aspect. The study is based on the analysis of the creative heritage of the French thinker and writer Albert Camus. His views on the absurdity of being, the meaning of life, freedom and responsibility became one of the central ideas of twentieth-century philosophy. Of course, they significantly influenced the worldview and ontological perception of man and the world in philosophical cognition. A. Camus’s ideas had a significant impact on modernity and remain relevant. The article also highlights the historical development and formation of the concepts of “freedom” and “responsibility”. Special attention is paid to the comparative characteristics of the understanding of freedom in the historical context and in existential philosophical discourse. In his numerous works, A. Camus emphasizes the irrationality of the world and the absurdity of human existence. Original ideas about authentic life, which is based on internal sensations and perception of the world and does not depend on external factors, are traced. Considerable attention is paid in the study to the concept of rebellion as an integral element of human freedom, responsibility and the fight against the absurd. Awareness of one’s own “I” and confrontation with the meaningless world become important factors of human existence. The influence of existential philosophy on modern events in Ukraine is separately noted. Today’s war has become a kind of “plague” for Ukrainians, which must be overcome. Rethinking one’s own life becomes a key moment in the philosophy of existentialism and, in particular, the views of A. Camus. Living today is the main truth that acquires special importance in modern realities.
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