Moral judgments require presupposing human freedom in oneself and others.

Evidence

Now, neither scorn nor esteem would have any meaning if one regarded the acts of a man as a purely mechanical resultant. In order for men to become indignant or to admire, they must be conscious of their own freedom and the freedom of others. Thus, everything occurs within each man and in the collective tactics as if men were free. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 17

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is near the seed of the book’s thesis — freedom of others is implicated whenever one affirms one’s own. Worth watching whether Beauvoir derives or smuggles this in.