The Triumph of the Virtues (also known as Minerva Expelling the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) by Andrea Mantegna, 1502. Passing on the...

I’d like to quote from and briefly comment on this recent article by Paul Kingsnorth, The West has lost its roots The less moored our...

An Essay on Rational Freedom A brief introduction to the conception of 'rational freedom' which is the organizing principle of my work....

Ethics Outlines to my ethical writings by way of a guide. Titles, links, abstracts, and tables of contents. The Ecology of Good (2020)...

An Integral Ecology - Ecological Writings I will begin with a message sent to me by process philosopher Arran Gare: Dear Peter Critchley,...

The Motivational Economy [Written October 2020] This post has been incited by comments made by a number of people involved in bridging...

‘Conspirituality’ refers to the over-lap between New Age / wellness culture and conspiracy culture. I would like to comment on issues...

Classless, amoral, and non-political. Such is the self-image of would-be planetary managers, a technocracy that works hand-in-hand with...

How the Sophist Politics of the Contemporary ‘Left’ Liberates the Rich and Powerful I shall begin by commenting on the recent article How...

The Critique of Enlightened Self-Interest I am reading theorists working in the field of the commons advancing 'enlightened...

"The Left must advance an alternative modernity." And an alternative morality, I would insist. I wish to write a few words on Erik...

The End of Civilisation or the End of the Capital System Affirming a Democratic Ecology against the Ecology of Fear The overwhelming...

Seeing the Light “I wish, that I could really tell you, All the things that happened to me And all that I have seen, A world full of...

"Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car" by William Blake I have been working on this book since February 2017. It started life as an...

DANTE’S JOURNEY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISE “Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody...

A Positive and Lasting Peace in the Presence of Justice This extended essay was written in response to the recent words and deeds of the...

Restoring the Moral Compass Social and Moral Restoration and The Need for an Authoritative Moral Framework “The test of the morality of a...

Socialism and Liberalism Let me start by declaring myself an ‘enemy’ of ‘the Open Society.’ If you are smart enough, you will understand...

Tolkien and the Ethics of Enchantment “The realm of fairy-story is wide and deep and high and filled with many things: all manner of...

These are the outlines to a work I have written. It is currently in first draft form and needs to be edited and polished. Morality and...