Beauvoir’s own early maxims are as abstract as Kant’s imperative

Evidence

But in Pyrrhus et Cinéas she still operates at a level of abstraction that is too far removed from the actual world, from the concrete givens in which we make our specifi c judgments. Th us Beauvoir becomes mired in a problem analogous to the one she attributes to Kant. For maxims such as “Act so as to choose freedom for all” and “Recognize that you alone are responsible for your acts” are, in themselves, as abstract as his categorical imperative. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 480

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the historiographical authorship question — this shows Beauvoir working through problems independently, relevant to the Sartre-influence debate. — connects to: Beauvoir’s ethic of treating others as freedoms parallels Kant’s humanity formula — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 202; Beauvoir later judged her early ethics too individualistic and abstract — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 479

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir’s ethic of treating others as freedoms parallels Kant’s humanity formula #corroborates (0.80) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 202
• Beauvoir later judged her early ethics too individualistic and abstract #corroborates (0.75) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 479