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