Albert Camus (Author of The Stranger) and Existentialism

Existentialism was a movement of the 19th and 20th centuries that primarily focused on individual existence, subjectivity, individual freedom, and choice. Most philosophers since ancient Greek times of Plato have held that the highest moral good is universal. This belief remained, for the most part, undisputed until nineteenth-century Danish philosopher, Soreen Kierkgaard, reacted against this tradition. He insisted that the individual's highest good is to find his or her own unique moral vocation. …