The Ethics of Ambiguity; Quiz

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At what point does Beauvoir declare the death of an individual is not a failure? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action)

When it is integrated into a project which surpasses the limits of life.

If his death leads to the victory of his cause.

When the cause for which he died preserves freedom for all.

If the cause for which he died is carried on by his survivors.

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 his virtues to be challenged through his effort.

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

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

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

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)

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

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.

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

How do ethics of ambiguity avoid being solipsistic? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

Because it demands that individuals engage matter in the pursuit of projects.

Because goals often transcend the life of the individual who initiates them.

By the fact that the individual is defined only by his relationship to the world and other individuals.

Because the means of an end often affect more individual than the achievement of the end itself.

What does Beauvoir report comes to the individual at the time the world changes in his perspective? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

The world is no longer ready made.

He has the moment of moral choice.

He can begin to control the consequences of his acts.

He faces the choice of repeating past mistakes or breaking from them.