Inside the Mind of
Matthew Hammerton
Matthew Hammerton joined Singapore Management University in 2018. He got his PhD from the Australian National University and his Masters of Philosophy from the University of Sydney. He specialises in moral philosophy and topics that his work covers include consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics, meaning in life, moral reasoning, and Buddhist ethics. He has published articles in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, Inquiry, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Journal of Value Inquiry, Ratio, and Utilitas. He has also served as the Singapore delegation leader to the 2020 and 2021 International Philosophy Olympiads.
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There are three central questions to ask about your life. First, ‘am I living a morally good life?’ Second, ‘is my life going well for me?’ Third, ‘Is my life meaningful?’ Perhaps, at different times in our lives, one or another of these questions will take priority. However, they are all important questions that we should regularly ask ourselves.