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Albert Camus

Indifference strips moral judgement down to perception, action and consequence.

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Explanation Under Pressure

An event occurs without becoming motive. Explanation is demanded, redistributed or withheld, but the act remains without justification.

Albert Camus

The Stranger

Perception is held at the level of sensation; when it refuses translation into acceptable feeling, the court reconstructs it as guilt.