Simone De Beauvoir, Ethics Of Ambiguity - Existentialism As A Philosophy of Ambiguity

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English - July 27, 2021 20:08 - 19 minutes - 28.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
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This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century existentialist and feminist philosopher, novelist, essayist, and playwright Simone de Beauvoir's book, The Ethics of Ambiguity

It focuses specifically on what she means in asserting that Existentialism is a philosophy of ambiguity. It also discusses why in her view ambiguity is integral to the human condition, and how some modes of philosophy go wrong in attempting to simply resolve that ambiguity.

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