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Norton, David Lloyd was born on March 27, 1930.
( What is the meaning of life? Modern professional philos...)
What is the meaning of life? Modern professional philosophy has largely renounced the attempt to answer this question and has restricted itself to the pursuit of more esoteric truths. Not so David Norton. Following in the footsteps of Plato and Aristotle, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Jung and Maslow, he sets forth a distinctive vision of the individual's search for his place in the scheme of things. Norton's theory of individualism is rooted in the eudaimonistic ethics of the Creeks, who viewed each person as innately possessing a unique potential it was his destiny to fulfill. Very much the same idea resurfaced in modern times with the British idealists and Continental existentialists. The author reviews these antecedents, showing how his theory differs from those of his predecessors. After a fascinating chapter on "The Stages of Life," Norton shows how the mature consciousness of one's destiny leads to direct, intimate knowledge of other persons, and how this in turn provides the basis for social morality. The conception of justice in which this theory culminates, rooted as it is in essential human differences, provides a challenging alternative to the much-discussed theories of Rawls and Nozick.
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( At a time when politics and virtue seem less compatible...)
At a time when politics and virtue seem less compatible than oil and water, Democracy and Moral Development shows how to bring the two together. Philosopher David Norton applies classical concepts of virtue to the premises of modern democracy. The centerpiece of the book is a model of organizational management applicable to the state, business, the professions, and voluntary communities.
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Norton, David Lloyd was born on March 27, 1930.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Boston University, 1968.
Doctor (honorary), Soka University, Tokyo, 1991.
Smokejumper United States Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, 1950. Uranium prospector atomic trace elements unit United States Geological Survey, Alaska, 1951. Civil engineer California Highway Department, San Francisco, 1953-1954.
Architectural engineer The Norton Company, St. Louis, 1954-1958. Associate leader Ethical Society St. Louis, 1958-1962. Leader Ethical Society Boston, 1962-1966.
Assistant professor philosophy University Delaware, Newark, 1966-1973, associate professor, 1973-1978, professor, since 1978. Visiting professor philosophy Hull University, Yorkshire, England, 1978-1979.
( What is the meaning of life? Modern professional philos...)
( At a time when politics and virtue seem less compatible...)
2nd lieutenant United States Air Force, 1952-1953.
Married Mary K. Norton. Children: Timothy Tucker, Cory Dana.
