Episode 140: De Beauvoir on the Ambiguous Human Condition (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 140: De Beauvoir on the Ambiguous Human Condition (Part Two)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:17:08
• Published: 2016-06-06 14:00

Continuing on Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), parts I and II. We discuss all the various ways to fail to wholly will your own freedom, i.e., will it all the way to where you will the freedom of others. Will you be "sub-man" or "serious man" or "nihilist" or "adventurer?" There are many ways to fail the existential test!