Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
“Morgenbesser described Gentile ethics as entailing “ought implies can” while in Jewish ethics “can implies don’t.””
The Times, Sidney Morgenbesser: Erudite and influential American linguistic philosopher with the analytical acuity of Spinoza and the blunt wit of Groucho Marx https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sidney-morgenbesser-5cz8gg8qfvm, September 8, 2004.
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