A review by livyyy
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir

5.0

Sartre this, Camus that. Enough!! De Beauvoir presents the most realistic treatise of existentialism (or existentialist adjacent philosophy). Although I love Sartre and Camus, they lack sobriety, and their works, although interesting, felt more like a fantasy. The Ethics of Ambiguity for me filled the gaps I found in Sarte’s philosophy. De Beauvoir was able to breathe ethics into an ideology I once considered a self-centered. I credit her book as the one that got me HOOKED. I was completely enamored by De Beauvoir’s explanation on how existentialism was never a philosophy of complete personal freedom and a rejection of meaning. This book of existentialist ethics I believe is severely under read and should be considered essential elaboration for those interested in Sartre.