The Ethics of Ambiguity; Quiz

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According to Beauvoir, how is freedom present within the drama of choice? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

Only in the form of contingency.

Before the realization that a choice must be made.

Within the analysis that leads to a decision.

In the moment before consequences are evident.

When an individual aims at a goal that will be achieved beyond his own death, what does Beauvoir claim the individual should expect from the time given to the goal? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

The individual should expect those who share his vision accept his means.

The individual should expect a festival be given in his honor.

The individual should expect his virtues to be challenged through his effort.

The individual should not expect anything of that time for which he worked.

What does Beauvoir claim is needed to make an ethical choice in a complex situation? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

A strong sense of ambiguity.

Transcendent goals.

Means that justify an end.

Long analysis.

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 have their greatest influence on individual practice.

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

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

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

What does Beauvoir mean when she writes, "...festivals whose role is to stop the movement of transcendence?" (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

Festivals take people away from their future ambiguity.

The end has been set up as an end.

Festivals become both a means and an end to obscure the meaninglessness of both the present and the future.

Festivals marking a movement's success obscure the means used to attain the success.