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PHL31 - Values and the Meaning of Life 2nd ESSAY Michelle Quee OLA Student Number: 72854 Question: Outline your interpretation of Camus' views on absurdity. Do you agree with him? Albert Camus claims that human existence is absurd and that life has no meaning. This essay explores Camus' notion of absurdity in 'The Absurdity of Human Existence'. The inevitability of death, combined with contradictions between the body, the mind and the world have Camus reflecting on whether suicide is a solution to the absurd life. While analysing Camus' views I discuss how they fit with my subjective interpretation of life's meaning. Although life has no objective meaning I aim to show this does not mean that life is not worthwhile, because subjective meaning can still be found.1 Philosophically, absurd is defined as "contrary to reason or beyond the limits of rationality; paradoxical, nonsensical, or meaningless".2 Camus however sees absurdity as more than life and...

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