The Ethics of Ambiguity
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All Themes Existentialism and Ethics Ambiguity, Being, and Existence Freedom Politics, Ethics, and Liberation
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All Characters Simone de Beauvoir Sartre Hegel Kant Marx The Child The Sub-Man The Serious Man The Nihilist The Adventurer The Passionate Man The Tyrant
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All Terms Ambiguity Being Disclosure Ethics Existence Existentialism Facticity Freedom Marxism Morality Revolt Subjectivity Transcendence Will
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All Symbols Suicide
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The Ethics of Ambiguity

by

Simone De Beauvoir
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Suicide

Like revolt, suicide is a uniquely negative action: it has no positive goal and seeks only the destruction of what already exists (in this case, the self). De Beauvoir has a unique take on…

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