My main research interests are in Plato and in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. I am engaged in two general research projects. The first concerns the philosophical significance of Plato's dramatic portrayal of virtue: my book, Plato on Comedy and Tragedy: The Role of Drama in the Pursuit of Happiness, was just published with Cambridge University Press. The second concerns the nature of happiness or well-being: I am the PI of the Modelling Human Happiness (ModHap) project, an interdisciplinary investigation into well-being that aims to develop empirically testable models of happiness that are inspired by core ideas in ancient ethics, especiall…

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