Ethics & moral reasoning
Justice & Happiness
How might reason, dialogue and human happiness help us resolve moral disagreements?
Investigation · Exploration · Reflection
Alchemy.
The analysis of Life
If you want to find peace, which is true happiness, you must want to become a better person—and be someone who is trying to do so.
Begin the enquiryAn invitation to examine
We need an open mind and an open heart, with compassion for everyone and everything, including ourselves. We must be willing to let go of all hostility, to reflect honestly on ourselves, and to learn and change.
With that willingness, I invite you to examine the ideas found here. Question them, challenge their reasoning, and consider what they might ask of you. Are you willing to examine your own convictions as closely as you examine another’s? What might you discover if you do?
It is more important to seek good than truth—but as the inquiry unfolds, they reveal themselves to be the same thing.Examine the ideas
01 / The written word
Questions worth staying with.
Explore the themes behind the writing. These reading notes introduce works in development.
The experience of happiness
Who is the happiest person alive?
Considering happiness as peace and joy—and asking what lies beneath the surface.
Character & human worth
What makes a person refined?
Beyond eloquence and accomplishment: examining the place of moral character.
02 / The spoken word
Ideas, given a voice.
A space for recorded speeches and spoken reflections.
Recordings forthcoming
The conversation continues.
Speeches will appear here as they are recorded. Until then, explore the questions in the writing above.
03 / The author
Citizen of the World
Writer · Liverpool
My writing investigates justice, self-esteem and change through philosophical exploration and reflection.
I examine the reasoning behind our convictions and explore how different perspectives can deepen an enquiry.
This site brings together the written and spoken sides of that enquiry.