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Albert Camus

To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.

Albert Camus

Society

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Camus is arguing that declaring someone completely evil and therefore unworthy of any connection with society implies that society itself is completely good. Since no reasonable person believes society is perfect or entirely good, it is inconsistent to fully exclude someone on the basis of absolute evil.

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