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We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change—even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In this event, Benjamin Storey will draw on the insights of Montaigne, Pascal, Rousseau, and Tocqueville to offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves.

Looking to politics, philosophy, and religion, Storey will argue that the philosophy we have inherited, despite pretending to let us live as we please, produces remarkably homogenous and unhappy lives, and that finding true contentment will require rethinking our most basic assumptions about happiness.

Benjamin Storey is a senior fellow in Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). His research focuses on political philosophy, civil society, and higher education. He is the co-author (with his wife, Jenna Silber Storey) of Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment (2021) and is currently working on a book titled, The Art of Choosing: How Liberal Education Should Prepare You for Life.

Website: https://www.jbstorey.com
Book: https://bit.ly/4c1YyXp

Anthony Morgan is a managing editor at The Philosopher. He is the editor of Science, Anti-Science, Pseudoscience, Truth (Bigg Books, 2024)