Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast

The Virtue Illusion: Are you as good as you think you are?

August 07, 2020 Spencer Case
The Virtue Illusion: Are you as good as you think you are?
Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast
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Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast
The Virtue Illusion: Are you as good as you think you are?
Aug 07, 2020
Spencer Case

You probably think of yourself as a good person. But how sure are you that, if faced with certain sorts of social pressures, you wouldn't do something really terrible? There is, unfortunately, a evidence that most people aren't nearly as good as they believe themselves to be. Christian Miller, author of The Character Gap, discusses some of this evidence and why it matters.

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You probably think of yourself as a good person. But how sure are you that, if faced with certain sorts of social pressures, you wouldn't do something really terrible? There is, unfortunately, a evidence that most people aren't nearly as good as they believe themselves to be. Christian Miller, author of The Character Gap, discusses some of this evidence and why it matters.