Theodore Roosevelt once said In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing Roosevelt meant that success is a consequence of action and inaction teaches us nothing other than regret Roosevelt must have been an existentialist The cornerstone of existentialism is that the individual is responsible for his own happiness and success The Guest a short story written by Albert Camus himself a well
In Albert Camus short story The Guest Camus raises numerous philosophical questions These are does man have free will are an individuals 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 Darus door informing Daru that I have an order to deliver the prisoner and Im doing so 90 thus freeing Balducci of the responsibility over wherever the Arab ultimately ended up Balducci didnt wan