"Ethics requires the kind of personal reflection, in the end, that no one else can do decisively for any individual."
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Tibor R. Machan
Tibor Richard Machan (18 March 1939 – 24 March 2016) was a Hungarian American philosopher. A professor emeritus in the department of philosophy at Auburn University, Machan held the R. C. Hoiles Chair of Business Ethics and Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business & Economics at Chapman University in Orange, California until December 31, 2014.
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