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Honesty

The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue

Miller, Christian B. (A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University)

Honesty

Honesty

The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue

Honesty

 

Honesty is an important virtue, yet philosophers have said almost nothing about the virtue of honesty in the past fifty years. This book aims to draw attention to this surprisingly neglected virtue.


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Beschrijving Honesty

Honesty is an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Surprisingly, however, philosophers have said very little about the virtue of honesty over the past fifty years. In this book, Christian B. Miller aims to draw much greater attention to this neglected virtue.

The first part of the book looks at the concept of honesty. It takes up questions such as: What does honesty involve? What are the motives of an honest person? How does practical wisdom relate to honesty? Miller explores what connects the many sides of honesty, including not lying, not stealing, not breaking promises, not misleading others, and not cheating. He argues that the honest person reliably does not intentionally distort the facts as she takes them to be.

Miller then examines the empirical psychology of honesty. He takes up the question of whether most people are honest, dishonest, or somewhere in between. Drawing extensively on recent studies of cheating and lying, the model Miller articulates ultimately implies that most of us have a long way to go to reach an honest character.

Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue provides both a richer understanding of what our character looks like, as well as what the goal of being an honest person actually involves. Miller then leaves it up to us to decide if we want to take steps to shrink the character gap between the two.


ISBN
9780197696040
Pagina's
336
Verschenen
NUR
770
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
OUP USA

Psychologie