The question is also posed that: if life is in fact meaningless, does this mean it is not worth living? Some may argue that the humans natural instinct to live is greater than any reason(s) for suicide; though suicide still occurs, and is the second leading cause of death in white males living in America. The notion or thought of suicide can also be brought about bu humans believing their lives are dictated by force of habit. People may stop seeing themselves as free agents, and see themselves more as drones, or machine like. This may seem irrational to many, because most rational people believe that their lives do have meaning. This thought of purpose in the world is more instinctual than anything; and those who believe that life is absurd, absurdists, are strangers to this instinctive ‘reasoning’ and are exiled from the comforts of meaning. Many will put off facing this meaningless of life, which Camus identifies as the, “Act of eluding.” Also, his so called, “Absurd logic” states that human values are irrelevant due to this absurdity of life. There are three different responses to life’s absurdity that Camus gives: Actual suicide, Hope (philosophical suicide), or
The question is also posed that: if life is in fact meaningless, does this mean it is not worth living? Some may argue that the humans natural instinct to live is greater than any reason(s) for suicide; though suicide still occurs, and is the second leading cause of death in white males living in America. The notion or thought of suicide can also be brought about bu humans believing their lives are dictated by force of habit. People may stop seeing themselves as free agents, and see themselves more as drones, or machine like. This may seem irrational to many, because most rational people believe that their lives do have meaning. This thought of purpose in the world is more instinctual than anything; and those who believe that life is absurd, absurdists, are strangers to this instinctive ‘reasoning’ and are exiled from the comforts of meaning. Many will put off facing this meaningless of life, which Camus identifies as the, “Act of eluding.” Also, his so called, “Absurd logic” states that human values are irrelevant due to this absurdity of life. There are three different responses to life’s absurdity that Camus gives: Actual suicide, Hope (philosophical suicide), or