카뮈의 자살 개념에 대한 이중적인 의미 해석과그에 따른 실존 윤리의 성립 가능성 고찰

Abstract

There is a view that considers existential philosophy unethical. In other words, it is a view that existentialists are nihilists who reject even the basic order of life by denying traditional morality. And they are sophists in morality because they insist on sincerity in life, and hedonists because of their entertainment to life without limits. Naturally, opinions like this cannot be simply ignored. We need to look at whether the cause of such distortion was already in existential philosophy. If so, is there any way to request ethical practice while emphasizing the existence of an individual? In other words, can existential philosophy provide moral indicators comparable to traditional ethics? For this reason, this paper corrects the misunderstanding of the concept of existence and studies the ethics unique to existential philosophy. In particular, it focuses on 'the quantitative increase in life' in Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. First of all, some preliminary considerations are needed for discussion. It is a thorough analysis of concepts such as the identity of life and pain, the double meaning of suicide, and the principle of absurdity. An analysis like this would eliminate some ambiguities in Camus thought, and further strengthen the basis of the discussion. In conclusion, based on the quantitative increase in life in Camus' thoughts, it argues for existential morality away from ethical criticism.