the ethics of ambiguity
by simone de beauvoir
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About This Item
new york: philosophical library, 1948. first edition, 1948.
prompted by a lecture de beauvoir gave in 1945 in which she stated it was impossible to base a system of ethics on her partner jean-paul sartre's "being and nothingness," this is the book that launched her career. de beavoir expounds on her conception of ethics.
new york: philosophical library. 5.5x8.5". 159 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: minor shelfwear. very good +. jacket condition: minor losses to spine and lower front. shelfwear throughout. unclipped ($3.00). very good -.
prompted by a lecture de beauvoir gave in 1945 in which she stated it was impossible to base a system of ethics on her partner jean-paul sartre's "being and nothingness," this is the book that launched her career. de beavoir expounds on her conception of ethics.
new york: philosophical library. 5.5x8.5". 159 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: minor shelfwear. very good +. jacket condition: minor losses to spine and lower front. shelfwear throughout. unclipped ($3.00). very good -.
Synopsis
The Ethics of Ambiguity is Simone de Beauvoir's second major essay, nearly twice as long as her first, Pyrrhus and Cineas. After giving a lecture in 1945, she found herself claiming that it was impossible to base an ethic upon the foundations of Sartre's L'Etre et le Néant, and a year later she took up the challenge, taking some six months over the task and publishing the text first in installments in Les Temps modernes, then as a book in November 1947.
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- Title
- the ethics of ambiguity
- Author
- simone de beauvoir
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- philosophical library
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1948
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