The Good Work: A Guide to Living with Truth and Empathy
An Ethical Toolkit for Mending Our Broken Compasses
"If you've ever felt the world shifting in ways that make old certainties tremble; if you have looked at the familiar maps of your life and wondered how they fit the new and often confusing landscapes unfolding before you... then this journey of ideas is offered with you, and for you, in mind."
Begin the Journey
It Feels Like the Moral Compass You Were Given Is Broken.
You Are Not Alone.
For years, many of us have felt a growing unease, a sense that the old ways of understanding are no longer enough. We see a troubling attack on clear thinking, while established religions, once sources of solace, are too often co-opted, their messages twisted to justify greed, hate, or power. If you've ever shared this feeling of holding a map that no longer matches the terrain, this book is written with you in mind.
The Good Work is an invitation to a different way of thinking and being: a practical philosophy and an ethical toolkit designed to empower your own innate capacities for reason, empathy, and responsible living. It is a guide to mending our "broken compasses" and navigating the present with greater wisdom and heart. It allows us to define the core characteristics of what a Good Person is and then set a course to walk its example.
This book offers not just ideas, but practical tools for clearer thinking, deeper connection, and finding authentic meaning in your daily life. It is a journey towards what "The Good Work" calls coherence, a state where your actions align with your deepest, most thoughtfully chosen values.
An Ethical Toolkit for a Complex World
The Good Work is built upon a series of foundational principles, beginning with a revolutionary way to understand our most essential social tool: empathy.
Empathy as Intelligence
Learn to see empathy not as a soft skill, but as a sophisticated form of intelligence.
The Good Work unpacks the difference between emotional and cognitive empathy, providing tools to understand the inner worlds of others with greater accuracy and compassion, forming the engine for all other ethical action.
How We Know What's Real
Explore a framework for seeking truth based on evidence and coherence, moving beyond the prison of dogma toward a more resilient understanding.
The Myth of the Solitary Self
Challenge the story of the separate individual and discover the profound reality of our "Entanglement" as the true foundation for our identity and ethics.
The Mathematics of Responsibility
Understand Asymmetric Responsibility: the principle that with greater power and influence comes a proportionately heavier ethical load.
The Laboratory of the Self
Discover the power of Narrative Agency to re-author limiting beliefs and forge a life of authentic coherence and purpose.
What People Are Saying
“Every page is a dare to live with more truth, empathy, and purpose.”
— LisaReads
“If enough people read this, it could spark the cultural shift we desperately need.”
— Jeff P.