Choice is the moment spirit passes into nature and morality is realized
Evidence
It is contradictory, then, to reject with horror the moment of choice which is precisely the moment when spirit passes into nature, the moment of the concrete fulfillment of man and morality. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 18
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in whether willing my freedom requires willing yours — here Beauvoir roots the whole ethics project in the moment of concrete choice, the hinge where spirit becomes nature.
Related
- Freedom exists only by being conquered from original spontaneous existence (similarity 0.79)
- Choice precedes and helps fashion knowledge rather than awaiting it. (similarity 0.79)