@article{ref1,
title="Camus's challenge: The question of suicide",
journal="Journal of humanistic psychology",
year="2012",
author="O'Dwyer, K.",
volume="52",
number="2",
pages="165-177",
abstract="In the opening essay of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, Camus states that: &quot;There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.&quot; He argues that all the other questions of philosophy, dealing with truth, knowledge, ethics, science, language and so on, are necessarily secondary to this question: &quot;I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.&quot; The meaning of life -why am I here? how am I to live? what is my purpose?-is one of the most enduring questions in philosophy and psychology and it is a question confronted by almost every individual at some point in life. This article provides a contemporary reflection on the relevance and validity of Camus's thought regarding the connection between suicide and the meaning of life. © SAGE Publications 2012.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1678",
doi="10.1177/0022167811402999",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022167811402999"
}