A moral da ambiguidade segundo Simone de Beauvoir

Abstract

French philosopher Simone Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (1908-1986) is regarded as a mere supporter of Sartre's philosophical ideas. However, it is enough to give a little leaf through one of his novels, for example: The invited or The Blood of Others, which we perceive as they are loaded with philosophical concepts concerning existentialism and, above all, all have moral character. Not only his novels, but his work, in general, has this same thread. Based on these findings, we intend to demonstrate how a moral ambiguity is revealed. Thus we will first analyze the essay Pyrrho and Cineas, in which Beauvoir's attempt to elucidate the motivation of human action is clear. Then, in The Blood of Others, she questions the meaning of life, the role we play in the world, and the impact our actions have on others. Finally, the work that will underlie our investigation For a moral of ambiguity, which addresses the issues surrounding human ambiguity, the starting point of the construction of its moral. Finally, we will show how these notions that were presented in these works are present in the essay The Second Sex.