La condition tragique de l’acte de s’excepter du point de vue normatif
The Tragic Condition of Self-excepting Act in a Normative Point of View

Summary/Abstract: The paper explores the contrast between justifying rationally excepting and self-excepting, in order to show that, in normative matters, self-excepting in itself can never be justified rationally entirely. Not being susceptible of universalization, self-excepting is bound to remain unreasonable per se. On the other hand, through a short analysis of the main reasons supporting the private possession of firearms, it is shown that self-excepting can be, in special circumstances, individually unavoidable (for instance, in circumstances where the risk of infinite loss is looming). The mixture of universalization failure and overwhelming individual need, a particular case of the contradiction between the objective and the subjective point of view invoked by he Thomas Nagel, points out the tragism of self-excepting, a possible illustration of an essential aspect of human solitude.

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