The Ethics of Ambiguity
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The Ethics of Ambiguity is a foundational existentialist philosophical work by Simone de Beauvoir that explores human freedom, responsibility, and moral choice in an inherently uncertain world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existentialist text
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
ambiguity
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bad faith ⓘ ethics of liberation ⓘ facticity ⓘ freedom ⓘ oppression ⓘ otherness ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ transcendence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| argues |
authentic freedom requires recognition of others' freedom
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ethical action must embrace ambiguity rather than deny it ⓘ freedom is fundamentally relational ⓘ moral responsibility arises from human freedom ⓘ oppression is a fundamental ethical wrong ⓘ |
| author | Simone de Beauvoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialist philosophy
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
ethics of care debates
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feminist philosophy ⓘ political philosophy on oppression ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Being and Nothingness
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Hegelian philosophy ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre NERFINISHED ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ambiguity of the human condition
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ethical choice ⓘ existentialist ethics ⓘ human freedom ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of oppression and freedom
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development of a positive ethics from existentialist premises ⓘ systematic account of existentialist ethics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalClaim |
ambiguity is an inescapable structure of human existence
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denial of ambiguity leads to ethical failure ⓘ freedom must be willed universally ⓘ humans are both facticity and transcendence ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | existentialism ⓘ |
| positionOnEthics |
defends situated, concrete ethics
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links individual freedom to collective liberation ⓘ rejects absolute moral codes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Pyrrhus and Cineas
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The Second Sex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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