Christian Miller
@CharacterGap
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A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy @WakeForest. Author: The Character Gap / Moral Psychology / Honesty. Contributor @Forbes. Recent Director, Honesty Project
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined January 2018
Very excited to share that my next book will be coming out with Oxford University Press! The title is: 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
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"Changing one's mind in response to a challenge or a dissenting peer can be a mark of virtue. But it can also manifest or breed vice."
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Stubborn Fools and the Arrogantly Open-minded
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In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination
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I really don't care about anyone's politics right now, today is a dark and sad day for our country. I am sick with grief over the state of things. We must be better than this.
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You should be able to be on a college campus without worrying about a guy with a rifle. I don't care if you're an asshole. I don't care how intense the debate is. That's what colleges are for. Intense debate doesn't kill people.
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It's ghoulish to mock or justify the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Rising political violence is a horror of our time. Unchecked it will lead to catastrophes none of us want to imagine. Deeply hoping he pulls through. We are all people, whatever we believe. That has to come first.
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I am at an elite university today to discuss the state of our universities and the need for civil and open exchange of ideas and as I am preparing my remarks I see that Charlie Kirk was shot on a campus today. Lord, have mercy. It is so hard not to despair.
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BREAKING: Poland’s PM Donald Tusk announces that Polish airspace was violated 19 times last night. The first violation took place at 11:30 pm and the last one at 6:30 am. Poland & the Netherlands used 2 F-35s, 2 F-16s as well as MI-24, MI-17 i Black Hawk helicopters to shoot
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Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning, according to a new study published in the J of the American Philosophical Assoc. They also tend to display more intellectual virtues such as curiosity and open-mindedness
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Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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A shocking 6 out of 10 kids used their phones between midnight and 5 a.m. on school nights in a study that tracked 11- to 17-year-olds’ phone use for a week. Read our exclusive excerpt from @jean_twenge new book
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Upcoming in JPSP Psychologists study morality by having people respond to hypothetical "trolley dilemmas". We confronted people with a real-life version. Not with runaway trolleys, but with people hooked up to electroshock machines: "Do you want to save two people from pain by
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Congratulations to @j_chrisbrew and @Hillsideviews for winning the book giveaway! Please email me your mailing address at millerc@wfu.edu. Thanks everyone who entered!
*Book Giveaway** With the completion of my second book for a general audience (The Honesty Crisis), I will select two winners of a free signed copy of my first non-academic book, The Character Gap! Must retweet and follow (if needed) to enter. Please share even if you have a
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Last day to enter....winners announced tonight!
*Book Giveaway** With the completion of my second book for a general audience (The Honesty Crisis), I will select two winners of a free signed copy of my first non-academic book, The Character Gap! Must retweet and follow (if needed) to enter. Please share even if you have a
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Notre Dame Stadium full for Shane Gillis and Zach Bryan.
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Still time to enter!
*Book Giveaway** With the completion of my second book for a general audience (The Honesty Crisis), I will select two winners of a free signed copy of my first non-academic book, The Character Gap! Must retweet and follow (if needed) to enter. Please share even if you have a
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Falling fertility poses a very real threat to countless institutions—including schools. E.g.: “# of young kids—3- and 4-year olds—fell from peak of 8,225,000 in 2011 to estimated 7,470,000 in 2023” per @NealMcCluskey. Schools, colleges & universities are/will be hit hard by
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Another week, another attack on the Humanities in higher ed. Please pay attention to what is happening in Oregon. Departments and tenured jobs at risk! https://t.co/3LWE5J2D5s
chronicle.com
The provost says he made a good-faith effort to ask faculty this summer how he should cut $25 million from the budget. Faculty say that’s a lie.
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The very great duo of @jennfrey and @a_n_a_berg coming up on @interintellect_ with this glorious online salon: ** Can the Humanities Be Saved? ** Prompted by Jennifer's "explosive" @nytimes essay (in next tweet) Come discuss it with us! Tickets: https://t.co/Bggx83qHWn
interintellect.com
Like marriage, like religious faith, the humanities, it is often said, are not only in crisis, but have always been in crisis. Indeed, in their 2021 book Permanent Crisis Paul Reitter and Chad...
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*Book Giveaway** With the completion of my second book for a general audience (The Honesty Crisis), I will select two winners of a free signed copy of my first non-academic book, The Character Gap! Must retweet and follow (if needed) to enter. Please share even if you have a
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*Book Giveaway** With the completion of my second book for a general audience (The Honesty Crisis), I will select two winners of a free signed copy of my first non-academic book, The Character Gap! Must retweet and follow (if needed) to enter. Please share even if you have a
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