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Simone de Beauvoir, Ethics of Ambiguity - Finite Individuals and Totalities - Sadler's Lectures
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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 "The Present And The Future", which centers on the notion of totalities like humanity, the universe, and history, which turn out to be "detotalized totalities", having their meaning for and through finite individuals
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