PHIL304: Existentialism

Watch this discussion about the book The Stranger. Do you think Camus is right when he says that most human life consists of irrational relationships, decisions, and actions? Do you think Meursault was not simply an emotionally-inept, socially-incompetent psychopath? Perhaps he represents what it means to live a life in full view of its utter lack of meaning. Do you think passivity is an acceptable way of experiencing life and treating others?