"Morgenbesser described ethics as entailing “ought implies can” while in Jewish ethics “can implies don’t.”"
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The Times, Sidney Morgenbesser: Erudite and influential American linguistic philosopher with the analytical acuity of Spinoza and the blunt wit of Groucho Marx, September 8, 2004.
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Sidney Morgenbesser
(September 22, 1921 – August 1, 2004) was an American philosopher, noted for his wit.
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