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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2020 · 1H 9M

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

from Micro-Digressions: A Philosophy Podcast · host Spencer Case

Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode!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.

Tell Spencer your thoughts about this episode! 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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