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The Sojourner layer of this work — the personal, practical philosophy built on the Universal Core of Ethics — is available in paperback, written under the pen name Curtis Atwell. Both books are independently published and available on Amazon.

A Sojourner’s Compass

What if the good life doesn’t require a god, a guru, or a grand illusion — only the honesty to see clearly and the courage to act well?

A bracing, secular philosophy for people who want to live ethically without pretending the world is soft. It begins with a single, clarifying idea: we are not owners of this world but guests in it — sojourners passing through. Grounded in the Universal Core of Ethics drawn from five thousand years of human thought, Sojournism builds a complete practical philosophy on three foundations: be ethical, match liberty with responsibility, and reject dogma in favor of honest inquiry.

Part manifesto, part field guide, part alphabetical compendium of virtues — including the Five Pillars of character (Compassion, Discernment, Justice, Contentment, and Endurance) and a complete A-to-Z reference of virtues. Written especially for the skeptics, the agnostics, the neurodivergent, and anyone who has found conventional self-help hollow and conventional religion unconvincing.

Paperback · 203 pages · Published July 2026 · ISBN 979-8186460763

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This is the published edition of the volume presented in overview on the A Sojourner’s Compass library page.

The Sojourner Ethical Philosophy

Collected Essays on the Universal Core of Ethics, from Personal Virtue to Civilizational Survival

“Ethics shouldn’t be a luxury for the hallowed halls of academia — it should be a tool kit for survival.” Forty essays gathered into a single, continuous argument about how to live — clearly, honestly, and without dogma — anchored in three things no authority can override: Reason, Truth, and the Minimization of Undue Harm.

Across seven parts, the book moves outward in widening circles: personal virtue; emotional mastery; relationships and community; systems and power — how good minds get captured, and how to resist it; and global responsibility, from poverty and altruism without illusion to the survival of whole civilizations.

Paperback · 193 pages · Published October 2024 · ISBN 979-8186463504

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For the full body of work behind these books — the complete UCE, CRES, the Third Tier, and more — see the Library. Complete texts of the source volumes are available from kevin@universalcore.org.