Christian B. Miller
@charactergap.bsky.social
I am the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, and author of several books including The Character Gap, Moral Psychology, and Honesty: The Philosophy and Psychology of a Neglected Virtue. Contributor @Forbes. christianbmiller.com
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Excited to share that my next book will be coming out with Oxford University Press!
The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World
and it is my second book written for a popular audience (following The Character Gap: How Good Are We?). The TOC is below.
The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World
and it is my second book written for a popular audience (following The Character Gap: How Good Are We?). The TOC is below.
Ethics friends - someone asked me about this and nothing came to mind right away. Any suggestions?
"Do you know of any good accounts of the ethics of anonymous letters? Or anonymous accounts?"
"Do you know of any good accounts of the ethics of anonymous letters? Or anonymous accounts?"
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ethics friends - someone asked me about this and nothing came to mind right away. Any suggestions?
"Do you know of any good accounts of the ethics of anonymous letters? Or anonymous accounts?"
"Do you know of any good accounts of the ethics of anonymous letters? Or anonymous accounts?"
"When people would talk that way, it was understood that they were talking about things like moral truthfulness," said Miller, who teaches philosophy at Wake Forest.
Grateful to be included in this NPR story on "If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time." Link below 🔽🔽
Grateful to be included in this NPR story on "If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time." Link below 🔽🔽
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"When people would talk that way, it was understood that they were talking about things like moral truthfulness," said Miller, who teaches philosophy at Wake Forest.
Grateful to be included in this NPR story on "If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time." Link below 🔽🔽
Grateful to be included in this NPR story on "If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time." Link below 🔽🔽
Philosophy friends - help please:
A former student is interested in continuing in philosophy at the graduate level, but can only do it online. Recommendations for fully remote MA or PhD programs (other than University of Birmingham which I will recommend). Thanks so much!
A former student is interested in continuing in philosophy at the graduate level, but can only do it online. Recommendations for fully remote MA or PhD programs (other than University of Birmingham which I will recommend). Thanks so much!
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Philosophy friends - help please:
A former student is interested in continuing in philosophy at the graduate level, but can only do it online. Recommendations for fully remote MA or PhD programs (other than University of Birmingham which I will recommend). Thanks so much!
A former student is interested in continuing in philosophy at the graduate level, but can only do it online. Recommendations for fully remote MA or PhD programs (other than University of Birmingham which I will recommend). Thanks so much!
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In episode 822, I talk with Dr. Christian Miller (@charactergap.bsky.social) about the virtues of generosity and patience. #Philosophy #ethics
youtu.be/HU9q_8-Tph8
youtu.be/HU9q_8-Tph8
#822 Christian Miller: The Virtues of Generosity and Patience
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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October 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In episode 822, I talk with Dr. Christian Miller (@charactergap.bsky.social) about the virtues of generosity and patience. #Philosophy #ethics
youtu.be/HU9q_8-Tph8
youtu.be/HU9q_8-Tph8
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
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Hello! I am trying something new! In addition to the newsletter, I also made a YouTube video about the lawyer who brought a bag of weed to the North Carolina Supreme Court. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfj...
This lawyer brought a baggie of cannabis to the NC Supreme Court | North Carolina Rabbit Hole
YouTube video by North Carolina Rabbit Hole
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September 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello! I am trying something new! In addition to the newsletter, I also made a YouTube video about the lawyer who brought a bag of weed to the North Carolina Supreme Court. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVfj...
Philosophy Friends:
Some I know is considering going to graduate school in philosophy, but he is in his 50s. Do you know of any MA or PhD programs which would be open to considering someone at that stage of life?
Some I know is considering going to graduate school in philosophy, but he is in his 50s. Do you know of any MA or PhD programs which would be open to considering someone at that stage of life?
September 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Philosophy Friends:
Some I know is considering going to graduate school in philosophy, but he is in his 50s. Do you know of any MA or PhD programs which would be open to considering someone at that stage of life?
Some I know is considering going to graduate school in philosophy, but he is in his 50s. Do you know of any MA or PhD programs which would be open to considering someone at that stage of life?
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The new issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing is here!
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The new issue of Virtues & Vocations: Higher Education for Human Flourishing is here!
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
With beautiful art and thoughtful essays from educators, engineers, physicians & more, we're tackling the question of what makes work meaningful, ethical, and balanced.
bit.ly/41My74p
The book is off!!
"The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World" has been sent to Oxford to be printed. Publication expected in the spring! Final table of contents in comments below. Piggy was a big help writing the book (okay, I'm not being honest).
"The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World" has been sent to Oxford to be printed. Publication expected in the spring! Final table of contents in comments below. Piggy was a big help writing the book (okay, I'm not being honest).
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The book is off!!
"The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World" has been sent to Oxford to be printed. Publication expected in the spring! Final table of contents in comments below. Piggy was a big help writing the book (okay, I'm not being honest).
"The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World" has been sent to Oxford to be printed. Publication expected in the spring! Final table of contents in comments below. Piggy was a big help writing the book (okay, I'm not being honest).
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My Ethical Theory class is off and running @wakeforest.bsky.social!
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My Ethical Theory class is off and running @wakeforest.bsky.social!
My Ethical Theory class is off and running @wakeforest.bsky.social!
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My Ethical Theory class is off and running @wakeforest.bsky.social!
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First Day of Class, Year 21 at Wake Forest University!
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First Day of Class, Year 21 at Wake Forest University!
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
First Day of Class, Year 21 at Wake Forest University!
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
August 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
First Day of Class, Year 21 at Wake Forest University!
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
(@wakeforest.bsky.social)
Many of us have been doing this for quite some time....
Opinion | I Banned Phones in My College Classroom. Students Loved It. - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | I Banned Phones in My College Classroom. Students Loved It. - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Many of us have been doing this for quite some time....
Opinion | I Banned Phones in My College Classroom. Students Loved It. - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Opinion | I Banned Phones in My College Classroom. Students Loved It. - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...
Had a great visit to the mountains of North Carolina and the Center for Life Enrichment to talk about material on dishonesty from the new book!
August 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Had a great visit to the mountains of North Carolina and the Center for Life Enrichment to talk about material on dishonesty from the new book!
"To be truly generous, their primary motive should be altruistic, Miller says. Not only that, they should go above and beyond what duty requires, and be willing to sacrifice something they value."
Grateful for this piece at Templeton Ideas.
www.templeton.org/news/the-var...?
Grateful for this piece at Templeton Ideas.
www.templeton.org/news/the-var...?
The Varieties of Generosity
As a researcher who has studied virtue for 15 years, Miller draws careful distinctions between a “generous act”, “acting from generosity”, and “being a generous person”.
www.templeton.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"To be truly generous, their primary motive should be altruistic, Miller says. Not only that, they should go above and beyond what duty requires, and be willing to sacrifice something they value."
Grateful for this piece at Templeton Ideas.
www.templeton.org/news/the-var...?
Grateful for this piece at Templeton Ideas.
www.templeton.org/news/the-var...?
This Is How Often People Lie in a Day
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper. Scientific American.
@sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper. Scientific American.
@sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
This Is How Often People Lie in a Day
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper
www.scientificamerican.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This Is How Often People Lie in a Day
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper. Scientific American.
@sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Deception researchers investigate under what circumstances we are liable to let loose a whopper. Scientific American.
@sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
Authors out there!
My next book is coming out in 2026 with OUP, and I am thinking about hiring a book publicity/marketing firm. The book is on challenges to honesty in society, and is written for a general audience. Do you have any recommendations of people or firms in this space? Thanks so much!
My next book is coming out in 2026 with OUP, and I am thinking about hiring a book publicity/marketing firm. The book is on challenges to honesty in society, and is written for a general audience. Do you have any recommendations of people or firms in this space? Thanks so much!
July 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Authors out there!
My next book is coming out in 2026 with OUP, and I am thinking about hiring a book publicity/marketing firm. The book is on challenges to honesty in society, and is written for a general audience. Do you have any recommendations of people or firms in this space? Thanks so much!
My next book is coming out in 2026 with OUP, and I am thinking about hiring a book publicity/marketing firm. The book is on challenges to honesty in society, and is written for a general audience. Do you have any recommendations of people or firms in this space? Thanks so much!
"The thought of them engaging in fruitful debate on such a perennial problem struck me as a tantalizing prospect. I’m therefore sorry to report that the great promise of this volume largely failed to materialize."
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Could A Good God Permit So Much Suffering? A Debate
As J. L. Mackie (1955, 200) formulated the so-called logical problem of evil: God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to...
ndpr.nd.edu
July 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"The thought of them engaging in fruitful debate on such a perennial problem struck me as a tantalizing prospect. I’m therefore sorry to report that the great promise of this volume largely failed to materialize."
ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/coul...
ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/coul...
*Philosophers*
I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/action that came out in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, please keep reading. And please share this too!
I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/action that came out in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, please keep reading. And please share this too!
July 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
*Philosophers*
I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/action that came out in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, please keep reading. And please share this too!
I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/action that came out in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025, please keep reading. And please share this too!
Wrapped up another great conference at Park City Utah.
June 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wrapped up another great conference at Park City Utah.
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Philosopher Helen De Cruz has died.
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) - Daily Nous
Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Won...
dailynous.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Philosopher Helen De Cruz has died.
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“Think about all the good that compassionate people have done in the world, and contrast this with all the harm caused by those full of cruelty and hate. What world would you rather live in?”
The Character Gap, pg. 40
@charactergap.bsky.social
#lunchtimereading
The Character Gap, pg. 40
@charactergap.bsky.social
#lunchtimereading
June 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Think about all the good that compassionate people have done in the world, and contrast this with all the harm caused by those full of cruelty and hate. What world would you rather live in?”
The Character Gap, pg. 40
@charactergap.bsky.social
#lunchtimereading
The Character Gap, pg. 40
@charactergap.bsky.social
#lunchtimereading
Need to start a new shelf on the publication wall to add these two.
June 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Need to start a new shelf on the publication wall to add these two.
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Excellent news @charactergap.bsky.social 🎉
Thanks for sharing the contents, there are some fascinating sounding chapters in there!
Thanks for sharing the contents, there are some fascinating sounding chapters in there!
June 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excellent news @charactergap.bsky.social 🎉
Thanks for sharing the contents, there are some fascinating sounding chapters in there!
Thanks for sharing the contents, there are some fascinating sounding chapters in there!