Books

Forthcoming

Worklife

A Philosophical Guide

Princeton University Press · June 2027

An examination of the role work plays in contemporary life, and a proposal for when — and how — we should integrate it with our quest for meaningful, happy lives.

The Good Life Method

Reasoning Through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning

Penguin Press · 2022

A book based on God and the Good Life, the first philosophy course Meghan Sullivan and I created at Notre Dame. It’s available wherever books are sold, and its site has resources for book clubs and teachers.

  • “At once revolutionary and conservative … positively warm, oddly free of moralizing, welcoming of disagreement and engagement.”Los Angeles Review of Books
  • “[A] wise and accessible guide … entertaining and insightful … Those pondering the perennial question of how to live a good life should start here.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
  • “Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko make philosophy attractive.”Paul Elie, author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own