For eudaimonism, an ethics of prohibition is a contradictio… - David L. Norton

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For eudaimonism, an ethics of prohibition is a contradiction in terms.

David L. Norton

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David Lloyd Norton (March 27, 1930 – July 24, 1995) was an American philosopher, who taught at the University of Delaware for 29 years. In 1976 Princeton University Press published his book Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism, which received wide notice.

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Concerning the truth at hand he (Socrates) was saying, yes, surely, it is a truth a reason or a truth of fact, but before I offer it I must discover whether it is a personal truth and a part of myself, for otherwise I must leave its enunciation to others.

To speak a truth that belongs to another is untruth, for speaking belongs to living, hence to speak another’s truth is to live a life that is not one’s own.

An undifferentiated absolute is normatively impotent because it can offer no principle for the apportionment of responsibility.

For eudaimonism, an ethics of prohibition is a contradiction in terms. - David L. Norton

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