Simone de Beauvoir, Ethics of Ambiguity - Absurdity, Ambiguity, and Absolutes - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century existentialist and feminist philosopher, novelist, essayist, and playwright Simone de Beauvoir's book, The Ethics of Ambiguity It focuses specifically on her discussion in the section "Ambiguity", which looks at the distinction she draws between absurdity and ambiguity as characteristic of human existence, and whether or not ambiguity rules out treating anything whatsoever as an absolute or not To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase De Beauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity - amzn.to/32IbKya