The Ethics of Ambiguity
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The Ethics of Ambiguity is a foundational existentialist philosophical work by Simone de Beauvoir that explores human freedom, responsibility, and moral choice in an inherently uncertain world.
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| The Ethics of Ambiguity canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ethics of Ambiguity Context triple: [Simone de Beauvoir, notableWork, The Ethics of Ambiguity]
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Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
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Margins of Philosophy
Margins of Philosophy is a 1972 collection of essays by Jacques Derrida that develops his influential method of deconstruction through close readings of major philosophical texts.
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Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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Truth and Method
Truth and Method is Hans-Georg Gadamer’s seminal 1960 work of philosophical hermeneutics, which argues that understanding is historically and linguistically conditioned rather than a methodologically neutral process.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ethics of Ambiguity Target entity description: The Ethics of Ambiguity is a foundational existentialist philosophical work by Simone de Beauvoir that explores human freedom, responsibility, and moral choice in an inherently uncertain world.
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A.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
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B.
Margins of Philosophy
Margins of Philosophy is a 1972 collection of essays by Jacques Derrida that develops his influential method of deconstruction through close readings of major philosophical texts.
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C.
Meaning and Necessity
"Meaning and Necessity" is a seminal work in analytic philosophy by Rudolf Carnap that develops a rigorous theory of meaning and modal logic using the framework of semantic analysis.
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D.
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays is a collection of influential philosophical papers by W.V.O. Quine that develops his views on ontology, meaning, and the indeterminacy of translation.
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E.
Truth and Method
Truth and Method is Hans-Georg Gadamer’s seminal 1960 work of philosophical hermeneutics, which argues that understanding is historically and linguistically conditioned rather than a methodologically neutral process.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
existentialist text
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| addressesConcept |
ambiguity
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bad faith ⓘ ethics of liberation ⓘ facticity ⓘ freedom ⓘ oppression ⓘ otherness ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ transcendence ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| argues |
authentic freedom requires recognition of others' freedom
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ethical action must embrace ambiguity rather than deny it ⓘ freedom is fundamentally relational ⓘ moral responsibility arises from human freedom ⓘ oppression is a fundamental ethical wrong ⓘ |
| author | Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialist philosophy
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moral philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
ethics of care debates
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feminist philosophy ⓘ political philosophy on oppression ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Being and Nothingness
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Hegelian philosophy ⓘ Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ambiguity of the human condition
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ethical choice ⓘ existentialist ethics ⓘ human freedom ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of oppression and freedom
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development of a positive ethics from existentialist premises ⓘ systematic account of existentialist ethics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalClaim |
ambiguity is an inescapable structure of human existence
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denial of ambiguity leads to ethical failure ⓘ freedom must be willed universally ⓘ humans are both facticity and transcendence ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | existentialism ⓘ |
| positionOnEthics |
defends situated, concrete ethics
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links individual freedom to collective liberation ⓘ rejects absolute moral codes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Pyrrhus and Cineas
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The Second Sex ⓘ |
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