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How did people react to Albert Camus’s philosophy of the absurd? Why did some think that suicide seemed like a reasonable response?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Albert Camus, suicide isn’t the answer. In The Myth of Sisyphus<\/em>, Camus draws on existentialist theory to argue that humans are doomed to an absurd condition. He asserts that, rather than surrendering to this belief via suicide, you should derive fulfillment from your brief existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn more about Camus’s views on suicide in the context of the absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Albert Camus on Suicide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Camus begins with the claim that both the universe and death are unknowable. Theories of existence\u2014such as the belief that God provides life and an afterlife, that there\u2019s a cosmic purpose to human existence which we may realize through our actions, or that death is the end of consciousness and life has no inherent meaning\u2014are just theories, unprovable within the limits of human experience. Despite this, Camus argues that humans have an innate need to believe that our lives have purpose and that there\u2019s continued existence after death, to the point that our inability to definitively answer these questions torments us. This contradiction between our needs and our reality is what Camus calls the absurd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camus recognizes that the absurd is frightening and upsetting. He argues that both negative responses to it\u2014philosophical rejection and suicide\u2014attempt to escape these emotions by providing answers for what\u2019s unknowable and breaking down the contradictory relationship at the absurd\u2019s heart. Philosophical rejection denies the premise that life is finite and possibly meaningless, while suicide denies the premise that the human desire for eternity and meaning is innate. According to Albert Camus, suicide and philosophical rejection are forms of self-delusion that fail to offer a convincing alternative\u2014logically or emotionally\u2014to the truth of the absurd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camus notes that suicide is a much less common response to the absurd than philosophical rejection. He argues that this isn\u2019t because there\u2019s no rational argument to be made for suicide but because most people value their lives too highly to give them up, even in the face of life\u2019s meaninglessness. The desire to live is itself absurd since everyone will eventually die no matter what they do, but it\u2019s also an undeniably powerful motivator\u2014people will make almost any sacrifice, even denouncing their own deeply held beliefs, in order to continue living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Examples of the power of this drive to live can be seen in the phenomenon of hysterical strength<\/a>\u2014when life-threatening circumstances cause people to display exceptional strength. Examples can also be seen in the ineffectiveness of torture<\/a> or brainwashing<\/a> in actually extracting information or changing people\u2019s minds. Researchers generally conclude that people will say or do nearly anything to avoid pain and death, regardless of whether it\u2019s true or aligns with their morals.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camus observes that, while many philosophers have considered the question of whether life is worth living and some even defended suicide as a valid answer, almost none followed their logic to the point of death. Though suicides can be ideologically motivated, as in the case of political or protest suicides, most are emotionally motivated\u2014the person is overwhelmed by feelings of despair or hopelessness, which can have any number of causes. For his part, Camus considers whether suicide is an appropriate reaction to the absurd, but ultimately concludes that it isn\u2019t,<\/strong> as it\u2019s another attempt to escape the absurd rather than cope with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Examples of political suicides can be seen in the self-immolation protests surrounding the Vietnam War<\/a>\u2014Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c died by suicide in 1963 to protest the persecution of Vietnamese Buddhists by the South Korean government, and in 1965, several American anti-war protesters did the same in front of US government buildings. Interestingly, some mental health advocates argue that even those who die by suicide for primarily emotional reasons don\u2019t truly want to die<\/a>. When a person desperately needs change in their life but sees no way to achieve it, suicide becomes the only way out.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How did people react to Albert Camus’s philosophy of the absurd? Why did some think that suicide seemed like a reasonable response? According to Albert Camus, suicide isn’t the answer. In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus draws on existentialist theory to argue that humans are doomed to an absurd condition. He asserts that, rather than surrendering to this belief via suicide, you should derive fulfillment from your brief existence. 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