Christian Miller on the Character Gap

Philosophy Bites

Nigel Warburton

Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	This is
0:02.0	this is philosophy bites with me David Edmonds and me Nigel Warton.
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0:14.4	We live in an increasingly uncertain and complex world
0:18.0	with a casual attitude towards objective facts.
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0:54.0	You, dear Philosophy Bites listener, probably like to think of yourself as a fundamentally decent person.
1:00.0	But today we're the bearers of bad news. You're probably not as good as you think.
1:05.4	There's a gap, a character gap, Christian Miller calls it between what we are and what we aspire to be.
1:12.4	Christian Miller, welcome to Philosophy Bites. we are and what we aspire to be.
1:13.0	Christian Miller, welcome to Philosophy Bites.
1:15.0	Thank you so much for having me on.
1:17.0	The topic we're going to discuss is the character gap.
1:20.0	Now before we get on to the character gap, could you just say something about what character is?
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