About the Author

Peter Hotchin has lived for most of his life in suburban Melbourne. An enduring interest in literature and philosophical studies took hold of him in his late teens, when his eyes were opened to the world of ideas by such luminaries of the time as Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, and J. D. Salinger. After retiring from a career as an accountant in commerce and university administration, he completed his formal education with research in the fields of aesthetics and ethics, culminating in Masters and PhD degrees from Deakin University. The Principle of Harm-Minimisation is his first book. In concert with Epicurus, he believes that one is neither ever too young nor ever too old for philosophy.