Exploring Free Will and Decision Making in Albert Camus The Guest Essa

Exploring Free Will and Decision Making in Albert Camus short story The Guest, In Albert Camus short story The Guest, Camus raises numerous philosophical questions. These are does man discombobulate freehanded will?, are an individuals decisions touch by what society demands, expects, neither, or both?, and finally, how does moral and social promise affect decision making?   Balducci brings the Arab to Darus door, informing Daru that I have an articulate to cant the prisoner and Im doing so, (90) thus freeing Balducci of the indebtedness over wheresoever the Arab ultimately ended up. Balducci didnt want the responsibility of the Arab possibly escaping, and by doing exactly as was expressly required of him (delivering the Arab to Darus door and giving the orders of the Arabs destination to Daru), he was also setting the story so that any decision Daru subsequently took was an act of Darus alone and was not directly dependent on any other decision another man had made pri or. Balducci avoids the social responsibleness hes supposed to feel. He should follow through on the prisoners handling, but he doesnt have to. Balducci knows this, and decides to avoid the effort and instead justifies his leaving the Arab there by simply following his orders and not reading between the lines of the order.   Daru ended up accepting the Arab, both because the prisoner was delivered to him, and because he had a sense of responsibility to the French government (or society) to at least accept him, if not deliver him to the police in Tinguit (social obligation to not let him go free, justness must be served because if it wasnt, society would turn to chaos). Darus orders were escort the Arab there for he was expected at police headquarters ... ...ome men think close to decisions and approximately just react to their environment like a exalt plant? Do all men know they have free will and understand what that means? Daru gave a choice to the Arab, was that fair fo r the Arab (and society) or was it an egotistical action based on what Daru thought was right, fair or just? Why did the Arabs ultimate choice depress Daru, and why did neither Balducci or Daru want to be responsible for another man? In the end the Arab really is the dog of society. No decision was ever his (from the perspective of the ratifier and Daru), but still, how do we know if Daru is different? By answering some philosophical questions through use of characters in a vacuum, Camus raises many much questions, which is the modus opernadi of the philosopher not to find answers, but to ask questions that will eventually have the answers inherent in them.