L'imperatiu catègoric

Clara G., associate professor of ethics at the Faculty of Philosophy, is in crisis. Past fifty, recently separated, unable to find a place at university and on the verge of homelessness, she begins to suffer from strange seizures. She often faints, hears persistent noises and is plagued by dark, paranoid thoughts. Clara G. used to be part of the system, but she's getting more and more stuck, closer and closer to the margins. She drifts, meeting various men, until her ethical compass is set straight by a chance find: a fabulously sharp kitchen knife.
She then wonders what rules of conduct to follow in an increasingly hostile environment, and what are the ethical limits of a system that allows survival only at the cost of other people's misery.