The Ethics of Ambiguity; Quiz

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What does Beauvoir claim matters to the serious man? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

Subjecting himself to the project that defines his ambiguity to himself.

Using his ambiguity to shape his ethics.

Being able to lose himself in the nature of the object which he prefers to himself.

Setting a track to achieve a predetermined goal.

How does Beauvoir claim that "The Ethics of Ambiguity" compare to the individualism of Christian ethics? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

Both Christian ethics and the Ethics of Ambiguity depend upon individual devotion.

Christian salvation is provided by an individual source as are the Ethics of Ambiguity.

Christian ethics dispenses salvation to the individual as the Ethics of Ambiguity depends on the individual accepting the nature of their ambiguity.

Both Christian ethics and the Ethics of Ambiguity have their greatest influence on individual practice.

How does Beauvoir explain how the passionate man different from the adventurer man? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

The passionate man acts from internal desires.

The passionate man attaches his adventure to unmovable ethics.

The passionate man has a focus guiding his adventures.

The passionate man fails to fulfill his subjectivity rather than the content of the subjectivity.

What does Beauvoir claim to be the basis upon which a man decides upon what he wants to be? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

Upon the basis of his ethical code providing the greatest benefit.

Upon the basis of moral choice.

Upon the basis of what he has been.

Upon the basis of the most beneficial consequences of his acts.

What contradiction does Beauvoir suggest will come to those who fight for a cause due to the complexity of the world? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action)

In order to win an urgent victory, one may be brought to leaving a valued friend.

In order to win an urgent victory, one may be brought to sacrifice his principles.

In order to win an urgent victory, one may be brought to face a humiliating defeat.

In order to win an urgent victory, one may be brought to the point of fighting against valid causes.