Personal Destinies
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Personal Destinies
| Full title | Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism |
|---|---|
| Author | David L. Norton |
| Published | 1976 |
| Pages | 416 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | David Norton’s defence of ethical individualism, built on the ancient idea of the daimon: each person has an innate, particular excellence, and the moral task is to discover and become it rather than to obey a universal rule. Self-actualisation as an obligation rather than a preference. |
Personal Destinies
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — the anchor of Pursuing the Good Life: Ethics and Personal Growth on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), where the curriculum turns from how societies should be arranged to what a particular person should do with a life — the question a builder actually faces. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
Connections
- Ethics — the ethical individualism the book argues for.
- Nicomachean Ethics — the eudaimonist tradition Norton is reviving.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.