Hume on Reason

An essay for my Birkbeck MA discussing David Hume’s claims about the limited role of reason in morality.

Normative and Motivating Reasons to Be Good

An edited script from a 2021 talk to The Philosophical Society: Oxford. I answer ‘Why Should I be Good’ by distinguishing normative and motivating reasons and set out my approach to ethics.

Practical Reason First

An essay arguing that the starting point for ethics should be practical reason broadly rather than morality.