Beauvoir’s ontological freedom position may not depart significantly from Sartre’s

Evidence

Beauvoir doesn’t, as far as I know, discuss women in harems in print until her Ethics of Ambiguity. Even there, it is unclear to what extent her position on ontological freedom signifi cantly departs from Sartre’s, when read correctly. Of course, a lot rides on “read correctly,” a point that returns below. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 212

Categorization

• XREF: Touches the core Beauvoir–Sartre influence debate about whether her ethics of ambiguity genuinely diverges from his ontology of freedom. — connects to: Sartrean freedom requires facticity, not its absence — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 508; Sartre’s least-favoured principle faces problems of identifying who qualifies — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 859; Beauvoir’s embodiment views diverged from Sartre’s from the start — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 119 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir holds Others as essential, challenging Sartre’s ontological individualism #qualifies (0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 184
• Beauvoir’s situated account of freedom moved Sartre beyond his earlier absolutism #qualifies (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 46