Types of absurdity that feinberg outlines

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Assignment:

1. How does Taylor use alterations of Camus' use of the myth of Sisyphus-both to point out why our lives are objectively meaningless but also to hold that there can be subjective meanings. Do you agree with Taylor that life is objectively meaningless? Why or why not? What do you think of his claims about subjective meaning?

2. Delves into two types of absurdity that Feinberg outlines (from his 5 listed ones.) Give examples of your own of these types. Explain them. Do you agree that these sorts of absurdity can be common to people. Do you think that we can avoid them if we are aware of what they are? Why or why not? OR Explain what Feinberg means by self-fulfillment. What does he see as crucial ways for trying to attain self-fulfillment? What potentialities do you think would make for the most fulfilling life you could live? What is the greatest strength of his position and the greatest weakness?

Required Texts: E.D. Klemke and Steven M. Cahn (eds.). The Meaning of Life, 4th Edition (Oxford 2017)

Could you includes some quotes or evidence from the text book in each of the journals and the page number also.

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