{"product_id":"the-character-gap-how-good-are-we-hardcover","title":"The Character Gap: How Good Are We? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe like to think of ourselves, our friends, and our families as decent people. We may not be saints, but we are still honest, relatively kind, and mostly trustworthy. Miller argues here that we are badly mistaken in thinking this. Hundreds of recent studies in psychology tell a different story: that we all have serious character flaws that prevent us from being as good as we think we are - and that we do not even recognize that these flaws exist. But neither are most of us cruel or dishonest. Instead, Miller argues, we are a mixed bag. On the one hand, most of us in a group of bystanders will do nothing as someone cries out for help in an emergency. Yet it is also true that there will be many times when we will selflessly come to the aid of a complete stranger - and resist the urge to lie, cheat, or steal even if we could get away with it. Much depends on cues in our social environment. Miller uses this recent psychological literature to explain what the notion of\u003cbr\u003e\"character\" really means today, and how we can use this new understanding to develop a character better in sync with the kind of people we want to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian B. Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e is A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University and Director of the Character Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton World Charity Foundation. He is the author of over 75 papers as well as two books with Oxford University Press, \u003cem\u003eMoral Character: An Empirical Theory\u003c\/em\u003e (2013) and \u003cem\u003eCharacter and Moral Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). He is also the editor or co-editor of \u003cem\u003eEssays in the Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press), \u003cem\u003eCharacter: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology \u003c\/em\u003e(Oxford University Press), and several other volumes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 7.29 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42562114486368,"sku":"9780190264222","price":44.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TE1LYmk1U2ZvOFZFN1U0aUNudEhwdz09.webp?v=1770342933","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-character-gap-how-good-are-we-hardcover","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}