
‘Honesty: What is it, How Honest are We Today, and How Might We Become Better?’
Honesty is clearly an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships typically depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Yet philosophers have said almost nothing about the virtue of honesty in the past fifty years. This talk aims to draw attention to this surprisingly neglected virtue. The first part will give a preliminary account of the virtue. The second will draw upon empirical research from psychology to assess how honest we tend to be. The third part will outline strategies for reducing the character gap between the virtue of honesty and our actual characters. The speaker is Christian Miller ’99, philosophy professor at Wake Forest University and author of “Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue.” The lecture is free and open to the public.
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DateApril 10, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
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