The University of Memphis Sartre Idea that Existence Precedes Essence Exam

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Sartre and Beauvoir

1. Explain in detail Sartre’s idea that “existence precedes essence for human beings. How does this make humans different than

objects? How does Sartre use this mantra to represent human existence? How can this first principle of existentialism ground an

ethic?

2. Explain in detail Sartre and Beauvoir’s rejection of Kant’s Deontology and Mill’s Utilitarianism. Why is it, according to them, that both

theories fail to give an ethic?

3 Explain what Beauvoir means bv freedom. Make sure to detail every aspect of freedom she discusses in Chapter 1 of The Fthics of

Ambiguity.

4. Explain what Beauvoir means by “to will one free is to will others free”

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1 Explain in detail how Levinas” philosophv relects Kantia

problems he discusses Secrecy and Freedom?

> Compare and Contrast Levinas nation at resnon

3. Explain how Levinas draw moral responsibility from what he calls the lace . Make sure to explain what the lace is (or what it isnt,

and how encountering it is a condition of the ethical. That is. how does the face of the other calls onto the

own existence (i.e., how is the self conditioned by its encounter with the other)?

self to account