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)

Within the analysis that leads to a decision.

In the moment before consequences are evident.

Only in the form of contingency.

Before the realization that a choice must be made.

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

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

The passionate man has a focus guiding his adventures.

The passionate man attaches his adventure to unmovable ethics.

The passionate man acts from internal desires.

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 face a humiliating defeat.

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

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.

What does Beauvoir claim to be the violence committed by opponents to the Nazi occupation of France. (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion)

To inspire the nation to overthrow the occupation.

To defeat the German military.

To create a state of violence that made collaboration impossible.

To chase out their German occupiers.

What example did Beauvoir use to show how those who fight for a cause will come to accept certain contradictions. (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action)

Natives who fought freedom from the British Empire during WWII with the support of Fascist regimes.

Generals who were willing to pull their soldiers from battle so they could win a more important battle later.

Politicians who were defeated in elections by foretelling the realized negative consequences of popular programs.

Martyrs who were killed by authoritarians who sought to kill their causes, but their deaths gave it more influence.