The Ethics of Ambiguity; Quiz

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

He has the moment of moral choice.

He can begin to control the consequences of his acts.

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)

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.

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

What does Beauvoir suggest to be the motivation of those who adopt the Aesthetic Attitude? (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action)

It is a way of fleeing the truth of the present.

It is meant to understand the beauty of freedom.

It is taken so the individual can reflect on the role of the will in using freedom.

It is a means of understanding the role of oppression in history.

What comes to the individual at the point he begins to notice the conflicts of the adult world, according to Beauvoir? (from Chapter 2, Personal Freedom and Others)

The individual must at last assume his subjectivity.

The individual can pursue freedom or seriousness.

The individual has the choice of holding to existentialist myths or accepting his ambiguity.

The individual faces the daunting challenge of pursuing ethics that have none of the inconsistencies that have plagued societies through history.

According to Beauvoir, if every man is free: (from Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action)

He must work to free other men.

His will must remain free.

He cannot will himself free.

He is free to oppress the freedom of others.