Christian Miller believes that there is a character gap, a gap between what we think we are like morally and how we actually behave. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast he explores the psychology of moral behaviour, and how we can become better people. We are grateful for support from the Marc Sanders Foundation.
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You dear philosophy bites listener probably like to think of yourself as a fundamentally decent person.
But today we're the bearers of bad news.
You're probably not as good as you think.
There's a gap, a character gap, Christian Miller calls it, between what we are and what we aspire to be.
Christian Miller, welcome to philosophy bites.
Thank you so much for having me.
On.
The topic we're going to discuss is the character gap.
Now, before we get onto the character gap, could you just say something about what character is?