Do Value Judgements Have A Simple Nature?
A briefer statement of my view that normativity is end-relational and that appreciating this resolves the mysteries of practical reason.
If Morality Is An Illusion Does Anything Matter?
A paper for my Birkbeck MA arguing that even if morality is not objective, this does not matter, as morality is only a small element within practical reason.
End Relational Practical Reason and Morality – Full Paper
My Birkbeck MA Thesis arguing that an end-relational approach explains practical reason and morality.
End Relational Practical Reason and Morality – Abridged
An abridged version of my Birkbeck MA Thesis arguing that an end-relational approach explains practical reason and morality.
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.