Citation

Thornton S. Educ. Philos. Theor. 2019; 51(6): 608-618.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1080/00131857.2018.1493681

PMID

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Abstract

The struggle to become lucid is at the heart of The Myth of Sisyphus. To understand the absurd is to understand that the fit between our conception of the world and the world itself is fraught with uncertainty; lucidity is the elucidation of the absurd. To be lucid is to revolt against the type of certainty that leads to suffering; to revolt against philosophical suicide. Camus teaches us the intellectual humility that stays hands; there is no reasoning that justifies suffering. If it is granted that the ability to recognise and respond to our own and others suffering is an important part of being human, and the task of education is to develop humans, then lucidity, in so far as it holds promise for the development of such an ability, has the potential to contribute positively to education. © 2018, © 2018 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia.

Language: en

Keywords

Albert Camus; the absurd; lucidity; moral education; philosophical suicide; transformative education