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Ethics

the clash between the seriousness with which we live and the awareness that our concerns may be arbitrary from a wider view.

In ethics, the absurd refers to the clash between the seriousness with which we live and the awareness that our concerns may be arbitrary from a wider view. This meaning comes from Nagel (1971) in The Journal of Philosophy.[1]

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  1. Nagel, T. (1971). The Absurd. The Journal of Philosophy, 68(20), 716. https://doi.org/10.2307/2024942

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