I grant you one can read too many Camus novels, but to my mind his contributions in shifting the shell of arbitrary and self-righteous moral postures was enormous. ANd back when he was writing, that was (I believe) a serious issue, and probably7 will be again after the heat of war subsides. Unfortunately, although he was brave in declaiming the existence of the existential void, he was useless in providing guidance toward the creations of answers. I know several people right here on the 'Cat who are much richer in that department than Albert C was! :>)
Spaw -- I also majored in philosophy many years ago, but what puzzles me is that you still remember all the convolutions. You must have been a serious student, huh?? When I was a smart-aleck sophomore I would have offered the notion that a "serious student of philosophy" was just an oxymoron. Come to think of it....